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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

100 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  POLK COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT(600 AM CDT)



* AT 100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST

  TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.  THIS RAIN IS

  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.  THIS WILL LEAD TO 

  ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND WORSENING OF ONGOING FLOODING...AS WELL AS 

  POSSIBLE NEW FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CHATTANOOGA...SIGNAL MOUNTAIN...RED BANK...LONE OAK...EAST

  BRAINERD...OOLTEWAH...COLLEGEDALE...MIDDLE VALLEY...HARRISON...

  SHADY GROVE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 8 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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 3505 8581 3496 8529 3497 8346 3572 8469

          3576 8521



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