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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

913 PM EDT SAT MAY 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM

EDT...



AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES FROM 

THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.



CARTER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE AREA 

AROUND RITTERTOWN ROAD IN HAMPTON IS STILL FLOODING BADLY. PLEASE 

OBEY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IF YOU ARE ASKED TO EVACUATE OR NOT 

ENTER THE AREA. FLOODING KILLS MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR THAN ANY OTHER 

WEATHER EVENT, AND MOST OF THOSE DIE IN THEIR CARS.



A RAIN GAGE IN HAMPTON RECORDED 2.83 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 8 

PM. IT RECORDED 1.92 INCHES BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE ROAD MAY NO LONGER EXIST UNDER THE WATER. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT 

DROWN



LAT...LON 3628 8234 3617 8220 3629 8203 3641 8212



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