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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

808 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON

COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...



AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF JOHNSON 

COUNTY TENNESSEE...AND ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS OF WASHINGTON 

COUNTY VIRGINIA.  SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE AREA CONTINUE TO MOVE

NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES HAD GENERALLY 

DIMINISHED TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH OR LESS PER HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...LAUREL BLOOMERY...DAMASCUS...GLADE

SPRING...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON COUNTY REPORTED MANY RURAL 

ROADS UNDERWATER...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLD SPRINGS AREA...WITH SOME 

FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 67.  A FEW HOMES WERE THREATENED WITH RISING 

WATERS AT THIS TIME.  ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF HOMES CONTINUED IN 

THE DAMASCUS AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3640 8205 3635 8179 3676 8128 3694 8186



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