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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

430 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 425 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLASH    

  FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 72 NEAR JASPER. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

  THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH WITH ADDITIONAL    

  THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO CONTINUE BEHIND THEM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  JASPER...HALETOWN (GUILD)...SOUTH PITTSBURG...ORME...MARTIN

  SPRINGS...PRENTICE COOPER STATE FOREST...WHITWELL...POWELLS

  CROSSROADS...GRIFFITH CREEK



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO ONE 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN 

ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR 

TWO.



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 3522 8586 3500 8586 3500 8539 3521 8536

      3534 8556



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