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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

343 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR FALL      

  CREEK FALLS STATE PARK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF PIKEVILLE.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE DURING 

THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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