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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

221 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTHWEST OF DUCKTOWN.  THE 

   THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 

   MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  DUCKTOWN...ARCHVILLE...TURTLETOWN



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME

A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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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