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WGUS54 KMRX 102126

FFWMRX

TNC029-102330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

524 PM EDT MON MAY 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PARROTTSVILLE...OR 7 MILES

  EAST OF NEWPORT.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PARROTTSVILLE...DEL RIO...NEWPORT...BYBEE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 510 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STREET FLOODING NEAR

THE CITY OF PARROTTSVILLE.



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.



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.  TURN AROUND  DONT DROWN 



LAT...LON 3591 8328 3579 8312 3592 8291 3614 8316



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DH

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000 

WGUS54 KMRX 102126

FFWMRX

TNC029-102330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

524 PM EDT MON MAY 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PARROTTSVILLE...OR 7 MILES

  EAST OF NEWPORT.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PARROTTSVILLE...DEL RIO...NEWPORT...BYBEE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 510 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STREET FLOODING NEAR

THE CITY OF PARROTTSVILLE.



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.



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.  TURN AROUND  DONT DROWN 



LAT...LON 3591 8328 3579 8312 3592 8291 3614 8316



$$



DH

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