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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

855 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS 

BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11PM EDT...



AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED.  HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING 

STILL EXISTS FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN...IN 

ADDITION TO LINGERING LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN CITY...LAUREL BLOOMERY...

SHADY VALLEY...DAMASCUS...



AT 850 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CONTINUED MINOR 

FLOODING IN BOTH JOHNSON COUNTY TENNESSEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY 

VIRGINIA.  FLOODING HAD WORSENED IN THE SOUTHERN END OF JOHNSON 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 67 AND IN AREAS ALONG DOE CREEK.  

THE FLOODING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CONTINUED TO BE MAINLY IN 

THE DAMASCUS AREA.  



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 3661 8197 3638 8201 3625 8197 3633 8174

          3677 8155 3686 8204



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