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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1151 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE

  EASTERN LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOUDON...LENOIR CITY



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS 

WESTERN KNOX AND EASTERN LOUDON COUNTIES IN THE PAST TWO HOURS WITH 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE 

NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FARRAGUT 

AND WEST KNOXVILLE.



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 3567 8435 3569 8420 3584 8411 3586 8383

      3609 8400 3578 8441



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KMRX 231551

FFWMRX

TNC093-105-231745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1151 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE

  EASTERN LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LOUDON...LENOIR CITY



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS 

WESTERN KNOX AND EASTERN LOUDON COUNTIES IN THE PAST TWO HOURS WITH 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE 

NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FARRAGUT 

AND WEST KNOXVILLE.



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 3567 8435 3569 8420 3584 8411 3586 8383

      3609 8400 3578 8441



$$



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