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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

552 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM

EDT...



AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN NEAR THE COMMUNTIES

OF JONESBOROUGH...JOHNSON CITY AND GRAY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN

2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.  AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 545 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS

IN JOHNSON CITY WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER.



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.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3638 8261 3621 8260 3622 8242 3636 8234



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