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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

654 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SUNBRIGHT...OR 7 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF WARTBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD

  WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  SUNBRIGHT

  WARTBURG



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 651 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STANDING WATER ACROSS

SEVERAL ROADWAYS NEAR THE SUNBRIGHT AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

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



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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