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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

547 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM

EDT...



HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER STORMS HAVE MOSTLY STOPPED IN KNOXVILLE AND

KNOX COUNTY, BUT RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD

PROBLEMS AROUND THE COUNTY. CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOOD

PROBLEMS STILL GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY AREAS. ONE UNCONFIRMED

REPORT OCCURED ON RAY MEARS BOULEVARD IN WEST KNOXVILLE, WHERE A MAN

WAS REPORTEDLY TRAPPED IN HIS FLOODED CAR.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME

A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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 FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD, TURN AROUND DONT DROWN DO

NOT GET ON THE EVENING NEWS BY DRIVING INTO A FLOOD.



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

      3597 8366 3585 8385 3588 8401 3583 8405

      3586 8413 3580 8414 3590 8425 3594 8425

      3593 8423 3618 8395



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