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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

246 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 645 PM EST



* AT 248 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 7 MILES EAST OF OAK RIDGE  

  TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT.  THE RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY       

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS IS ADDITION 

TO THE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THE NEXT 6 TO 12 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.



LAT...LON 3590 8429 3576 8316 3599 8290 3613 8402

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