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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1134 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR MCMAHAN...OR 8 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF SEVIERVILLE.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH

  FLOOD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MCMAHAN...SEVIERVILLE...KODAK...DOUGLAS DAM



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 

AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



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 3597 8383 3581 8372 3591 8347 3603 8365



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