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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1218 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT 1213 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL OF OVER TWO 

INCHES HAD OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS WITH MORE MODERATE RAIN 

MOVING INTO THE AREA. AT 1210 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

IN ROANE COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADS IN AND AROUND THE PAINT 

ROCK COMMUNITY.



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

PAINT ROCK AND BRADBURY.



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 3575 8471 3564 8460 3590 8427 3597 8429



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