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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1129 AM EST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 230 PM EST



* AT 1124 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE AREA

  OF RAIN PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.



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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