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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

906 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM

EDT...



AT 905 PM EDT...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH AND EXITED 

THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAD FALLEN

WILL STILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND DITCHES. THE THREAT OF FLASH

FLOODING IS STILL VERY SERIOUS.



THE AREA BETWEEN DEER LODGE...SUNBRIGHT...AND WARTBURG WAS HARDEST 

HIT AND WILL BE THE MOST SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE EMORY RIVER ALSO 

AS THE POTENTIAL TO RISE BECAUSE SO MUCH RAIN FELL IN THE OBED RIVER 

WHICH RUNS INTO THE EMORY.

 

THIS IS STILL 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 THE LOCATION OF STORMS, 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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