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TNZ017-018-046-047-240530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1235 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CARTER...SULLIVAN 

AND JOHNSON COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT...



AT 1230 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON COUNTY 

REPORTED SOME OVERFLOWING DITCHES NEAR NEVA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS CARTER COUNTY WITH 

SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS SULLIVAN AND 

JOHNSON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 

MPH.



RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THURSDAY EVENING HAS ALREADY MADE THE GROUND 

VERY WET. THESE NEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN 

PER HOUR..ALL LOCATIONS IN SULLIVAN...JOHNSON...AND CARTER WILL BE 

SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS...LOW SPOTS...URBANIZED AREAS...AND ALONG CREEKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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