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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

613 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CUMBERLAND

  PLATEAU EXTENDING TOWARD THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS IN BLOUNT COUNTY.

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER

  THE SAME AREAS IN LOUDON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES REPEATEDLY.



RAIN RATES ESTIMATED BY RAINFALL ARE AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

AN OFFICIAL RAIN GAGE IN CROSSVILLE REPORTED 0.97 INCH IN ONE HOUR. THESE

RATES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS AND THIS WILL CAUSE

LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. REPEAT...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



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.



DONT GET ON THE EVENING NEWS BY BRAVELY DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3579 8414 3585 8413 3584 8409 3557 8367

      3557 8375 3547 8395 3549 8393 3552 8400

      3556 8399 3555 8408 3568 8431 3565 8439

      3569 8454 3578 8437 3588 8433 3589 8425



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WGUS54 KMRX 052216

FFWMRX

TNC009-105-060115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

613 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CUMBERLAND

  PLATEAU EXTENDING TOWARD THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS IN BLOUNT COUNTY.

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER

  THE SAME AREAS IN LOUDON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES REPEATEDLY.



RAIN RATES ESTIMATED BY RAINFALL ARE AROUND ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

AN OFFICIAL RAIN GAGE IN CROSSVILLE REPORTED 0.97 INCH IN ONE HOUR. THESE

RATES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS AND THIS WILL CAUSE

LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. REPEAT...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



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.



DONT GET ON THE EVENING NEWS BY BRAVELY DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3579 8414 3585 8413 3584 8409 3557 8367

      3557 8375 3547 8395 3549 8393 3552 8400

      3556 8399 3555 8408 3568 8431 3565 8439

      3569 8454 3578 8437 3588 8433 3589 8425



$$



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