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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

131 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 131 PM EDT...WHILE MOST OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF WASHINGTON 

COUNTY...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY 

STILL FLOODED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING.  

THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGOTN COUNTY HAS BEEN 

EXTENDED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVONDALE...JOHNSON CITY...

  JONESBOROUGH AND LEESBURG.



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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