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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

954 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 

KNOXVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

POWELL...BEARDEN...KARNS...KNOXVILLE...HALLS...MALONEYVILLE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND TWO 

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

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



AT 954 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS UNDER 

WATER IN NORTH KNOXVILLE.



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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