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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

734 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ATHENS...OR 4 MILES SOUTH  

  OF ATHENS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING         

  WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ATHENS...CLEAR WATER...NIOTA...ETOWAH...ENGLEWOOD



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

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

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 730 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER 

OVER SOME OF THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF ATHENS.  ALSO...SOME

FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADWAYS WERE ALSO REPORTED.



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.



LAT...LON 3548 8471 3531 8470 3533 8448 3554 8451



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