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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

359 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR             

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NEVA...OR 5      

  MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MOUNTAIN CITY...TRADE...NEVA...DOEVILLE



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.



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 3640 8173 3657 8170 3639 8203 3630 8192

          3634 8175

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