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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TEXT TO REPLACE RHEA WITH MEIGS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

730 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1000 AM EST



* AT 705 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MEIGS AND ROANE COUNTIES...

  EASTWARD TO SEVIER COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED LOCALLY     

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT TWO  

  HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  LOUDON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...FARRAGUT...ALCOA...KARNS...     

  MARYVILLE...BEARDEN...PIGEON FORGE...SEVIERVILLE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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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