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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

507 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...

  OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE   

  FLASH FLOOD WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...LAKE CITY...NORRIS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ANDERSON 

COUNTY DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN 

CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



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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