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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

650 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 10 AM EST



* AT 645 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 

DUE TO RISING WATER ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...FURTHER AGGRAVATING 

EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MORRISTOWN...GREENEVILLE...TUSCULUM...GREENEVILLE...               

  RUTLEDGE...ROGERSVILLE...JONESBOROUGH...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. UP TO AN INCH OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW 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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