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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

947 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM 

EDT...



AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WASHINGTON 

COUNTY...MAINLY AROUND HOLSTON AND LINDELL...OR NORTH AND EAST OF 

ABINGDON. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING 

IN INTENSITY...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS NEAR LINDELL 

AND HOLSTON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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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