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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

931 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCMINN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE...



AT 931 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD 

THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE

UNTIL 11 PM.  SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF 

SERIOUS FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AT 925 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE WATER ACROSS AREA

ROADWAYS WAS SUBSIDING.  SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW

LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT...SO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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LAT...LON 3557 8452 3531 8453 3537 8478 3556 8466



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