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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

441 PM EDT MON AUG 15 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 645 PM EDT



* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WARTBURG. THE

  STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONE

  MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST...OAKDALE...FROZEN HEAD STATE PARK AND

  PETROS.



RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED

DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, LOW

LYING FARMLAND, AND ROADS ADJACENT TO STREAMS. OTHER LOW LYING PLACES

THAT NORMALLY FLOOD EASILY COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. IF YOU COME TO A

FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE

THREATENING SITUATION.



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.



LAT...LON 3622 8486 3595 8474 3589 8468 3606 8435

      3633 8470



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