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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1116 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SWEETWATER TO CITICO.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

  OVER MONROE COUNTY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MADISONVILLE...SWEETWATER...TELLICO PLAINS...MOUNT VERNON...

  CITICO...INDIAN BOUNDARY CAMPGROUND...TARIFFVILLE...VONORE...FORT

  LOUDOUN STATE PARK...CITICO BEACH



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN

AROUND DONT DROWN



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3561 8452 3519 8433 3542 8396 3555 8405

      3569 8434



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