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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

100 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOUDON AND NORTHERN MONROE 

COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GREENBACK...LENOIR 

CITY...LOUDON...PHILADELPHIA...SWEETWATER



AT 1255 PM EDT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS LOUDON AND NORTHERN 

MONROE COUNTIES. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SHOWERS WERE STILL 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF MONROE AND LOUDON COUNTIES DURING THE 

PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR AND ONE HALF.



AT 1200 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONE ROAD FLOODED AND CLOSED 

IN LENOIR CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



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 3583 8420 3554 8418 3553 8447 3581 8437



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