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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

347 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMOKEY

  JUNCTION...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA FOLLETTE.  THIS FLASH       

  FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR WERE DUMPING 

INTO THE NEW RIVER IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CAMPBELL COUNTY. THE NEW 

RIVER FLOWS INTO SCOTT COUNTY. ANY COMMUNITY ALONG THE NEW RIVER IS 

IN DANGER OF FLOODING.



ANOTHER STORM HAD MOVED SLOWLY NORTH IN WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY 

ALONG INTERSTATE 75 AND WILL MOVE FROM NEAR ELK VALLEY TO NEAR WHITE 

OAK. ANY LOCATION ALONG THIS LINE WILL BE IN DANGER OF FLOODING. 

HIGHWAY 25W IS ALSO IN THE DANGER AREA.



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. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD... 

TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DONT GET ON THE EVENING NEWS THIS WAY.



LAT...LON 3623 8451 3622 8427 3645 8401 3659 8400

          3660 8461



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