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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

453 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CITY OF NORTON AND WISE 

COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST 

BUT SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS 

ESTIMATED THAT ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 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 WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE CONTINUED RAIN 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.



LAT...LON 3701 8276 3691 8267 3694 8241 3716 8260



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