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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

746 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR HIGH POINT...OR 11 MILES

  WEST OF WARTBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  HIGH POINT

  HIGHWAY 298

  FRANKFORT

  

AND THE FOLLOWING STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING...

OBED RIVER

DADDYS CREEK

CLEAR CREEK



STAY OUT OF THIS AREA THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 



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. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3608 8471 3617 8476 3614 8487 3603 8475



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