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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

841 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SEVIERVILLE.  THE

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PIGEON FORGE...MCMAHAN...SEVIERVILLE...HARRISBURG



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 820 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 

321 WHERE IT ENTERS WEARS VALLEY.  ANOTHER AREA ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO 

BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING IS NORTHEAST SEVIER COUNTY...FROM 

SEVIERVILLE OVER TOWARDS DOUGLAS DAM.



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.



LAT...LON 3586 8376 3570 8357 3590 8332 3592 8349

          3600 8359



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