

000 

WGUS74 KMRX 301121

FFSMRX

TNZ071-072-301315-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

716 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM EDT...



AT 716 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS BLOUNT 

COUNTY.



SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...HAPPY VALLEY...CADES COVE...CLOVER HILL... 

FRIENDSVILLE...MARYVILLE...ALCOA...WILDWOOD...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF BLOUNT COUNTY DURING 

THE PAST ONE AND A HALF HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN 

CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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.



$$

