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TNZ083-292330-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

530 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST RHEA COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM 

EDT...



AT 530 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHWEST RHEA COUNTY ON THE CUMBERLAND 

PLATEAU WEST OF DAYTON. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 

QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE 

NEXT COUPLE HOURS IN THIS LOCATION AS STORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN 

THE AREA AND IS SHOWING LIMITED MOVEMENT.



AT 530 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING ON

OGDEN ROAD IN SOUTHWEST RHEA COUNTY. 



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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