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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

300 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PITTMAN CENTER...OR 9 MILES

  EAST OF GATLINBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PITTMAN CENTER...ESPECIALLY FOLKS ALONG WEBB CREEK AND HIGHWAY 321



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST ONE HOUR. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT ONE HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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LAT...LON 3575 8348 3568 8345 3568 8329 3577 8328

          3584 8328 3583 8340



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