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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

718 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN

RUSSELL COUNTY...



AT 713 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

HONAKER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEBANON. THE THUNDERSTORM 

WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  RUSSELL COUNTY DISPATCH

REPORTED SEVERAL BACK-ROADS AROUND THE HONAKER AREA WASHED OUT DUE 

TO THE HEAVY RAINS.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ROSEDALE...DYE AND DRILL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3687 8206 3696 8175 3716 8190 3706 8215



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