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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

321 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 316 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 4 FEET OF 

WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF CUMBERLAND AND POPLAR. 



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

  KARNS AND BEARDEN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS 

KNOX COUNTY. 



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

URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES

THAT NORMALLY FLOOD 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.



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 3587 8413 3591 8388 3599 8381 3606 8390

      3602 8407 3597 8418



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