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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

432 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY

  LINE TO THE LOUDON COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 

  ABOUT 30 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  KNOXVILLE...CEDAR BLUFF...FARRAGUT...MASCOT...MALONEYVILLE...

  KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS...AND ALL LOCATIONS IN RURAL KNOX COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER TWO HOURS.



PAY ATTENTION THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 



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.



IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD, TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DONT GET

ON THE EVENING NEWS BY DRIVING INTO A FLASH FLOOD. KEEP YOUR CHILDREN AWAY

DITCHES, GUTTERS, AND STORM DRAINS.



LAT...LON 3616 8374 3610 8367 3610 8370 3600 8365

      3597 8366 3585 8385 3588 8401 3583 8405

      3586 8413 3580 8414 3591 8425 3594 8425

      3593 8423 3618 8395



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