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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

414 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR DEERLODGE...OR 13 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF WARTBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH       

  FLOOD WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAIN ESTIMATES ARE AROUND TWO AND A   

  HALF INCHES IN THREE HOURS...WITH NEARLY TWO INCHES IN THE HOUR    

  BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM EDT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  SUNBRIGHT...RUGBY...DEERLODGE...HIGH POINT



ANY ROADS IN MORGAN COUNTY THAT GO BETWEEN ALLARDT...DEER 

LODGE...AND SUNBRIGHT WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. MUDSLIDES 

MAY ALSO OCCUR. 



STREAMS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLEAR FORK...WITT CREEK... ROCK 

CREEK...MASSINGALE CREEK...LAUREL CREEK...AND ANY STREAMS THAT FLOW 

INTO THESE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST INSIDE THE MORGAN 

COUNTY LINE BETWEEN DEER LODGE AND ALLARDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN 

AROUND DONT DROWN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



LAT...LON 3636 8470 3630 8490 3614 8487 3605 8476

          3620 8449



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