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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1112 AM EST WED JAN 23 2002



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MARION...SEQUATCHIE...BLEDSOE... 

MCMINN...MONROE...BLOUNT...LOUDON...ROANE...MORGAN... ANDERSON... 

KNOX...JEFFERSON...SEVIER... COCKE...GREENE... HAMBLEN...GRAINGER... 

UNION...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...SULLIVAN...

WASHINGTON ...UNICOI...CARTER...JOHNSON...AND SCOTT COUNTIES IN EAST 

TENNESSEE...AND LEE...SCOTT...WISE...RUSSELL...AND WASHINGTON 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 200 PM EST(100 PM CST)...



AT 11 AM...MODERATE RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS 

CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TENNESSEE.  RAINFALL 

IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY 

AREA...WITH OVER 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM...WITH 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS OCCUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ALSO... 

MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO INITIAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR 

CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING 

WEATHER SITUATION.



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