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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

646 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX...SEVIER...JEFFERSON...AND COCKE 

COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA...AND CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 

700 AM EST (6 AM CST) MONDAY.



HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER TODAY HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE FOUR COUNTY 

AREA. RUNOFF CONTINUES IS SOME AREAS AND IS STILL CAUSING 

DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING DAMAGE FROM EARLIER FLOODING. THIS IS 

STILL A DANGEROUS SITUATION...IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN HARMS WAY. STAY 

OUT OF FLOODED AREAS. IF AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS ASK YOU TO 

EVACUATE...PLEASE DO SO. NEVER...NEVER...NEVER DRIVE ONTO FLOODED 

ROADS. THEY NOT ACTUALLY EXIST UNDER THE WATER.



MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MORE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE 

ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE

EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.



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