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WGUS74 KMRX 230025

FFSMRX

TNC129-230115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

818 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM

EDT...



AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN WARTBURG...HIGH POINT...

AND SUNBRIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR THE LAST

TWO HOURS ARE COMMON. THE HIGHEST ESTIMATES OF RAIN RATES APPROACH 4

IN SOME AREAS.



ROADS TO AVOID INCLUDE...

HIGHWAY 27 FROM WARTBURG TO SUNBRIGHT

HIGHWAYS 298 AND 62 WEST OF WARTBURG

HIGHWAY 329 BETWEEN SUNBRIGHT AND DEER LODGE

 

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE CENTRAL

PART OF MORGAN COUNTY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE

CAUGHT IN YOUR CAR IN FLOOD WATERS, LEAVE THE CAR NOW AND HEAD FOR 

HIGHER GROUND



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

PEOPLE WHO DIE IN FLOODS, DIE IN THEIR CARS. IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS

AT NIGHT.



FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING FLOODING OR THE LOCATION OF STORMS, PLEASE

CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 4...2...3...5...8...6...3...7...7...1.





LAT...LON 3603 8438 3621 8450 3620 8473 3614 8486

          3594 8468



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000 

WGUS74 KMRX 230025

FFSMRX

TNC129-230115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

818 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM

EDT...



AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN WARTBURG...HIGH POINT...

AND SUNBRIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR THE LAST

TWO HOURS ARE COMMON. THE HIGHEST ESTIMATES OF RAIN RATES APPROACH 4

IN SOME AREAS.



ROADS TO AVOID INCLUDE...

HIGHWAY 27 FROM WARTBURG TO SUNBRIGHT

HIGHWAYS 298 AND 62 WEST OF WARTBURG

HIGHWAY 329 BETWEEN SUNBRIGHT AND DEER LODGE

 

THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE CENTRAL

PART OF MORGAN COUNTY. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE

CAUGHT IN YOUR CAR IN FLOOD WATERS, LEAVE THE CAR NOW AND HEAD FOR 

HIGHER GROUND



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

PEOPLE WHO DIE IN FLOODS, DIE IN THEIR CARS. IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS

AT NIGHT.



FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING FLOODING OR THE LOCATION OF STORMS, PLEASE

CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 4...2...3...5...8...6...3...7...7...1.





LAT...LON 3603 8438 3621 8450 3620 8473 3614 8486

          3594 8468



$$

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