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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

453 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY UNTIL 

545 PM CDT...



AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM ACROSS WESTERN BLEDSOE 

COUNTY NEAR OLD CUMBERLAND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER ISOLATED AREAS OF WESTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 

TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



WHILE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ISOLATED OVER THE COUNTY AND ARE 

GRADUALLY WEAKENING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE EARLIER STORMS 

MAY STILL CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE 

NEXT HOUR IN RURAL AREAS. 



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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LAT...LON 3557 8547 3545 8532 3572 8506 3577 8522



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