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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

450 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 900 AM EST



* AT 445 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE...PRODUCING 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME EVACUATIONS IN 

KNOX COUNTY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE...DANDRIDGE...

  JEFFERSON CITY...PIGEON FORGE...NEWPORT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS RAIN 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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