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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1210 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 315 PM EST



* AT 1205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CAMPBELL AND SCOTT COUNTIES IN

  EAST TENNESSEE.  THE AREA OF RAIN PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

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



AT 1210 PM EST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY WATER COVERED 

ROADS AND SOME CREEKS NEARING AT OR NEAR BANKFULL IN THE WARNING 

AREA.  THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS WILL GET WORSE THROUGH 

MID-AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN HEADS INTO 

ESTABLISHED CREEKS AND RIVERS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3631 8464 3618 8443 3625 8406 3643 8393

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