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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

852 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCMINN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM

EDT...



AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED.  SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS 

WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH ONE=QUARTER INCH OR LESS OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ANTICIPATED.  HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH 

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

THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ATHENS...NIOTA...



AT 848 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ACROSS

ATHENS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  DECATUR PIKE EAST OF I-40 IS 

CLOSED.  STATE HIGHWAYS 249 AND 169 ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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 8474 3536 8459 3540 8453 3560 8454



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