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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

615 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1015 AM EST (915 AM CST)



* AT 610 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS NUMEROUS 

ROADWAYS IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE FLOODING 

CONDITIONS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PIKEVILLE...SPRING CITY...KINGSTON...OAK RIDGE...ROCKWOOD...       

  LENOIR CITY...HARRIMAN...WARTBURG...DUNLAP...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT SEVERAL 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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