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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1120 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM

EDT...



AT 1120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN BEARDEN...OR 7 MILES WEST

OF KNOXVILLE.  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...KARNS...BEARDEN...POWELL...

KNOXVILLE...LAKE FOREST...HALLS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 1115 PM EDT KNOX COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS

FLOODED WITH A CAR SUBMERGED IN WATER AT BALL-CAMP ROAD.



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 3599 8421 3583 8411 3595 8365 3620 8379



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