

000 

WGUS74 KMRX 231648

FFSMRX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



TNC093-105-231745-

LOUDON TN-KNOX TN-

1248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR WESTERN KNOX

AND EASTERN LOUDON COUNTIES...



AT 1244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



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

FARRAGUT...LENOIR CITY AND LOUDON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



REMEMBER A FEW RULES ABOUT MOVING WATER. A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER

WILL CARRY OFF MOST ADULTS. A FOOT OF RUNNING WATER WILL CARRY OFF

MOST VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN CARRY OFF TRACTOR-TRAILER

RIGS. DONT MESS AROUND WITH MOVING WATER. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED

OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN BETTER TO BE SAFE NOW THAN

SORRY LATER.



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



$$



TD

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000 

WGUS74 KMRX 231648

FFSMRX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



TNC093-105-231745-

LOUDON TN-KNOX TN-

1248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR WESTERN KNOX

AND EASTERN LOUDON COUNTIES...



AT 1244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



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

FARRAGUT...LENOIR CITY AND LOUDON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



REMEMBER A FEW RULES ABOUT MOVING WATER. A FEW INCHES OF MOVING WATER

WILL CARRY OFF MOST ADULTS. A FOOT OF RUNNING WATER WILL CARRY OFF

MOST VEHICLES. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN CARRY OFF TRACTOR-TRAILER

RIGS. DONT MESS AROUND WITH MOVING WATER. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED

OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN BETTER TO BE SAFE NOW THAN

SORRY LATER.



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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