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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1035 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

1045 PM EDT...



AT 1035 PM EDT...RAIN HAD VIRTUALLY CEASED OVER MORGAN COUNTY. THERE 

WILL NO DOUBT BE PONDING OF WATER ON SOME ROADS...AND RUN OFF 

DROPPING INTO STREAMS AND DITCHES THROUGH THE NIGHT. BUT THE MAJOR 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING APPEARS TO BE OVER AT THIS TIME. 



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.



REMEMBER 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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