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FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

420 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY...



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



IN EAST TENNESSEE...

ANDERSON...BLOUNT...CAMPBELL...CARTER...CLAIBORNE...COCKE...

GRAINGER...GREENE...HAMBLEN...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...

JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MORGAN...SEVIER...ROANE...SCOTT...

SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION AND WASHINGTON.



IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON AND WISE.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL YESTERDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND ACROSS MOST 

OF CENTRAL EAST AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH...WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY 

IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS LOW

LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS

WILL BE POSSIBLE. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING

IS OBSERVED...OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU COME TO A

CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED

ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR

TELEVISION STATION...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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