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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

903 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LIVINGSTON...BYRDSTOWN AND JAMESTOWN



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 858 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER RICKMAN IN OVERTON COUNTY TO BYRDSTOWN AND LIVINGSTON.

  RADAR ESTIMATES MORE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA

  WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



* EXPECT FLOODING OF ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND AREA STREAMS AND 

  CREEKS MAY ALSO RISE ABOVE BANKS AND FLOOD ADJACENT FIELDS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES,

DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS

A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER,

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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