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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

232 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 530 AM EST



* AT 229 AM EST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD  

  NEAR SPRING CITY ON THE PINEY CREEK.  THE SHOWERS AND              

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  35 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  EVENSVILLE...OLD WASHINGTON...SPRING CITY...GRANDVIEW



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 

1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 

1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS 

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 3555 8511 3547 8497 3572 8471 3578 8488



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000 

WGUS54 KMRX 060734

FFWMRX

TNC143-061030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

232 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 530 AM EST



* AT 229 AM EST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD  

  NEAR SPRING CITY ON THE PINEY CREEK.  THE SHOWERS AND              

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  35 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  EVENSVILLE...OLD WASHINGTON...SPRING CITY...GRANDVIEW



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 

1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 

1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS 

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 3555 8511 3547 8497 3572 8471 3578 8488



$$



DH

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