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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

202 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM

EDT...



AT 200 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY. THE 

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE AREA THAT 

RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. HOWEVER...LIGHTER RAINS AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE OVER THE AREA THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. LOCATIONS 

IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CANDLEWAX...DRILL...DYE...GARDNER...HONAKER

...PUTNAM AND SWORDS CREEK. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ANOTHER 

INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL HALF 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3706 8203 3701 8198 3705 8183 3714 8192



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