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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

520 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR KINGSTON...OR 3 MILES    

  EAST OF KINGSTON. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POTENTIAL FLASH    

  FLOOD WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON 

  THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU HEADING SOUTHEAST AS WELL. THESE WILL RAIN

  ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. RAIN RATES OF ABOUT HALF AN INCH PER

  HOUR WILL BE COMMON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  KINGSTON...DEARMOND...HARRIMAN...FAIRVIEW...PAINT ROCK...13 MILES

  EAST OF ROCKWOOD...AREAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF OLIVER SPRINGS...AREAS NEAR

  MOUNT ROOSEVELT STATE FOREST...BRADBURY.



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.



ABOVE ALL, KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM WATER



LAT...LON 3590 8427 3588 8434 3578 8438 3576 8445

      3567 8455 3566 8460 3572 8462 3574 8464

      3573 8469 3583 8478 3595 8461 3598 8446

      3606 8434



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