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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

853 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOUDON AND BLOUNT COUNTIES

UNTIL 915 PM EDT...



AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING

STILL EXISTS FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.



BLOUNT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE BARRICADED

AROUND THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED

ROAD, TURN AROUND DONT DROWN IT IS CLOSED FOR A REASON. 



LOUDON COUNTY HAS NOT HAD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING, BUT IN THE DARK IT

IS SOMETIMES HARD TO SEE WATER ACROSS A ROAD.



MOST PEOPLE WHO DIE IN FLOODS, DIE IN THEIR CARS. DONT GET ON THE

EVENING NEWS BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE RESCUED OR WORSE.



LAT...LON 3570 8367 3557 8367 3547 8395 3549 8393

      3552 8400 3556 8399 3555 8408 3568 8431

      3565 8457 3566 8457 3586 8422 3585 8421

      3579 8414 3585 8413 3584 8413 3582 8405

      3586 8400 3587 8401 3584 8385 3588 8379



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