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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1100 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



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

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN 

VIRGINIA.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED THAT FLOOD WATERS 

WERE RECEDING IN BOTH JOHNSON COUNTY TENNESSEE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY 

VIRGINIA.  THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR STANDING WATER 

ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.  



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