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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1235 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 1235 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED SERIOUS FLOODING 

  ACROSS ALL OF UNICOI COUNTY.  THE FOLLOWING CREEKS ARE REPORTED

  FLOODING: INDIAN AND ROCK CREEK.  ALSO...RAPID STREAM RISE HAS

  BEEN REPORTED ON THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER.



  EVACUATIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF UNICOI COUNTY...ESPECIALLY

  IN THE CITIES OF UNICOI AND ERWIN.  IN THE CITY OF ERWIN...

  SEVERAL HOUSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DESTROYED DUE TO THE RAGING

  WATERS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCKY FORK...LIMESTONE COVE...

  ERWIN...UNICOI AND BANNER HILL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS.

SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A 

MATTER OF MINUTES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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