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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

721 PM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR HAMPTON...OR 8 MILES       

  SOUTH OF ELIZABETHTON.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH      

  FLOOD WERE MOVING FROM UNICOI COUNTY ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA  

  OF CARTER COUNTY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. A RAIN GAGE IN HAMPTON  

  REPORTED ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  HAMPTON...WATAUGA DAM...AND VALLEY FORGE



COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORT NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN 

HAMPTON, AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING 

IN VALLEY FORGE AND OTHER AREAS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MUD SLIDES 

IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOUR CAR IS THE WORST PLACE TO BE IN 

A FLASH FLOOD.



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 3623 8228 3614 8220 3624 8206 3639 8215



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