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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1256 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 AM EST(600 AM CST)



* AT 1253 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED A LINE VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS 

  THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IS IN EXCESS      

  OF TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES SINCE RAIN BEGAN THURSDAY               

  EVENING. ADDITIONAL HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO 

  ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 400 AM      

  EST(300 AM CST).  





AT 1256 AM EST(1156 PM CST) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MARION COUNTY 

REPORTED CREEKS ARE AT BANKFULL AND ROADWAYS ARE BECOMING 

IMPASSABLE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG 

THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AT THIS TIME. MORE SERIOUS FLOODING 

CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. 



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.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3659 8400 3642 8399 3624 8419 3617 8442

          3606 8435 3596 8472 3577 8475 3557 8488

          3544 8520 3502 8550 3501 8586 3524 8585

          3537 8553 3556 8550 3573 8527 3577 8480

          3604 8476 3623 8486 3642 8468 3658 8471



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