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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

100 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HALLS TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF ROSEDALE...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE TO 7 MILES

  NORTH OF ROCKWOOD.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH

  FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  KARNS...KNOXVILLE...POWELL...KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS...MASCOT...

  ROSEDALE...MALONEYVILLE...LAKE CITY...CLINTON...HALLS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



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 3587 8383 3587 8401 3582 8416 3593 8427

      3616 8444 3624 8415 3625 8402 3616 8389

      3616 8375 3598 8365



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