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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1050 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...



AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS STOPPED...WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAINFALL 

CONTINUING ACROSS KNOX COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING STILL EXISTS FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS IN NORTH 

KNOXVILLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

POWELL...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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