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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1027 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS KNOX           

  COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE           

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  KARNS...FARRAGUT...BEARDEN...KNOXVILLE...POWELL...LAKE FOREST...13

  MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS...HALLS...MALONEYVILLE...

  MASCOT



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2  

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 2 

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 1025 PM EDT KNOX COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS

SEVERAL ROADWAYS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

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

AROUND DONT DROWN



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3591 8426 3583 8417 3589 8381 3596 8368

      3617 8376 3617 8395



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