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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

312 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 615 PM EST



* AT 306 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAIN OVER CAMPBELL AND SCOTT COUNTIES...AND LIGHT RAIN 

COMING TO AN END IN MONROE COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

ENDED...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS FOR THE RAIN THAT HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE GROUND.  IN FACT...WATER 

LEVELS IN CREEKS MAY STILL RISE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.  LITTLE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED.



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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