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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

638 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST       

  AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS   

  EXTENDS FARTHER WEST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH HEAVY RAIN       

  LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  OAK RIDGE...ROSEDALE...KARNS...CLINTON...POWELL...KNOXVILLE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA  

DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL 

BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS...AS HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUES TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.



AT 630 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3618 8410 3617 8378 3609 8362 3616 8359

          3616 8341 3578 8347 3579 8438 3585 8433

          3588 8433 3587 8429 3590 8425 3618 8436



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