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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

432 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES PITTMAN CENTER AND GATLINBURG



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WEBB CREEK IN THE    

  PITTMAN CENTER AREA. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS IS A    

  POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3561 8356 3565 8325 3583 8325 3579 8357



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