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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

651 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR FINCASTLE...OR 6 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF LA FOLLETTE.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH    

  FLOOD WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF FOUR TO FIVE       

  INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO     

  INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  FINCASTLE...LA FOLLETTE...JACKSBORO...JELLICO...WHITE OAK



AT 651 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG DAVIS 

CREEK NEAR CATULA...RUSSELL FORK...AND DUFF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM 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.



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 3657 8420 3632 8420 3631 8401 3657 8400



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