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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1123 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING

  THROUGH EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING THE   FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  SWEETWATER...PHILADELPHIA...MADISONVILLE...LOUDON...VONORE...EATON

  CROSSROADS...TELLICO DAM...FORT LOUDOUN DAM...FORT LOUDOUN STATE

  PARK...LENOIR CITY



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

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

RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  THIS RAIN...COMBINED WITH 

RAIN FROM YESTERDAY...SHOULD CAUSE FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3567 8456 3549 8444 3552 8402 3560 8419

      3580 8417 3589 8426 3575 8445



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