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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1006 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



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

EDT...



AT 1000 PM EDT...A FEW LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE 

EXTREME NORTH PART OF MORGAN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN ABOUT 615 PM AND 830 PM 

TONIGHT. THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IS INSIDE A VERY 

RUGGED AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY HIGHWAY 27...HIGHWAY 62...AND 

HIGHWAY 329. THIS IS ROUGHLY WARTBURG...SUNBRIGHT...AND HIGH POINT.



REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE SKETCHY AT THIS TIME...BECAUSE MORGAN COUNTY 

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS HAD ITS HANDS FULL WITH EMERGENCIES. IF YOU HAVE 

REPORTS OF FLOODING IN MORGAN COUNTY...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL 

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

 

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.



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

          3594 8468



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