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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

524 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005



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MORGAN TN-

524 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

MORGAN COUNTY...



AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL

HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARTBURG.



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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