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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

435 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



AT 435 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IN LEE COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THE 

LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS HAD EXITED LEE COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF LEE COUNTY OVER THE 

PAST THREE HOURS.  THE ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS...PLUS 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE POSSIBLE FLASH 

FLOODING IN LEE COUNTY. 



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 3691 8289 3665 8354 3659 8304 3679 8276



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