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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

830 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



TNC059-020100-

GREENE TN-

830 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 754 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. AS A 

RESULT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A FLASH FLOOD 

HAS WASHED AWAY PAVEMENT ALONG HIGHWAY 351 OR RHEATOWN ROAD.  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER GREENE COUNTY ARE DECREASING.  

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3629 8292 3611 8278 3621 8265 3641 8270



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