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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

207 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 200 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON BUFFALO 

  CREEK IN WESTERN CARTER COUNTY.  EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURING JUST WEST

  OF MILLIGAN COLLEGE DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER.



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.



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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