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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

420 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 419 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JASPER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH UP TO 

3 INCHES OF WATER ON AREA ROADS.



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 3501 8585 3501 8544 3525 8545 3525 8571



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