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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1245 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CROSSVILLE AND CRAB ORCHARD



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN CUMBERLAND    

  COUNTY...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 127. THE STORMS WERE MOVING     

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS     

  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATED        

  BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.  

  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHICH WILL     

  LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.   



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR

IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

ESCAPE RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3592 8502 3579 8506 3577 8497 3581 8483

          3592 8469 3604 8477 3613 8490



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