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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

900 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 400 PM EST (300 PM CST)



* AT 850 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS    

  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO  

SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING WILL 

BE SLOW TO ABATE DUE TO PERSISTENT RAINFALL RUNOFF. 



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.



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.



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 3712 8271 3696 8235 3702 8182 3634 8316

          3623 8362 3580 8379 3506 8440 3506 8586

          3576 8526 3591 8467 3616 8490 3660 8469

          3659 8373 3674 8317



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