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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1059 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  UNION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 600 AM EST(500 AM CST)



RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS 

WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THIS AREA TONIGHT. A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR. REDEVELOPING SHOWERS AND 

FLOODING CONTINUING OVERNIGHT IS LIKELY. 



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 3663 8298 3612 8377 3531 8444 3533 8474

          3506 8486 3506 8586 3530 8570 3538 8549

          3551 8556 3576 8526 3591 8467 3616 8490

          3640 8465 3660 8476



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