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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

147 AM EST SUN FEB 16 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

  HAWKINS 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

  POLK 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

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EST(900 AM CST)



WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SCOTT COUNTY 

VIRGINIA AND HAWKINS COUNTY TENNESSEE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE 

PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREAS.



NUMEROUS REPORTS ARE BEING RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONCERNING DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME 

EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED. BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.

 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE. FLOODING WILL BE SLOW 

TO ABATE DUE TO PERSISTENT RAINFALL RUNOFF INTO SUNDAY. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  MUD SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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 3528 8452 3507 8475 3506 8586 3522 8586

          3525 8571 3535 8563



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