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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

733 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1130 PM EST(1030 PM CST)



* A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST

  NEAR 45 MPH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES  

  NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON. MOST AREAS  

  HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OVER THE PAST 24   

  HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND        

  CONTINUED FLOODING SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THE 

RAINFALL 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.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3581 8478 3565 8463 3539 8484 3528 8496

          3516 8502 3500 8499 3502 8582 3574 8521

          3577 8512 3575 8502



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