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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

805 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 758 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM KARNS TO TOWNSEND...OR FROM

  8 MILES WEST OF KNOXVILLE TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYVILLE.  THE

  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  EAGLETON VILLAGE...ALCOA...KARNS...MARYVILLE...POWELL...WALLAND...

  TOWNSEND...BEARDEN...WILDWOOD...KNOXVILLE



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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