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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

233 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WARTBURG



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MORGAN COUNTY 

  MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SUNBRIGHT...RUGBY...HIGH POINT AND DEERLODGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA OVER NEXT TWO HOURS.



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.



REMEMBER A FEW RULES ABOUT MOVING WATER. A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER

WILL CARRY OFF MOST ADULTS. A FOOT OF RUNNING WATER WILL CARRY OFF

MOST VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN CARRY OFF TRACTOR-TRAILER

RIGS. DONT MESS AROUND WITH MOVING WATER. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED

OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN BETTER TO BE SAFE NOW THAN

SORRY LATER.



LAT...LON 3617 8490 3593 8467 3605 8433 3636 8470



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