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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

708 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS OVER WESTERN MCMINN COUNTY WERE TAPERING  

  OFF. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY BUT MAINLY       

  BETWEEN RICEVILLE AND CLEAR WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA 

  BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 5 PM EDT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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