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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

316 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  UNION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG 

  THE PLATEAU AT ABOUT 20 MPH. RAIN RATES HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS TWO   

  INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. LAKE NORRIS IS VERY     

  HIGH AND SOME SPILLING WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAM TO BRING THE     

  LAKE LEVEL DOWN. HOWEVER, THE RAIN WHICH IS FALLING WILL CAUSE     

  OTHER FLOOD PROBLEMS ANYWHERE IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY  

  ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS COMING OFF THE PLATEAU.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AND URBAN AREAS. 

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.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES. FLASH FLOODING 

HAPPENS IN JUST A SECOND. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED 

ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3553 8509 3536 8493 3592 8431 3621 8395

          3619 8375 3632 8371 3659 8402 3658 8424

          3614 8435 3635 8471 3622 8486

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