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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

145 PM 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

  LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

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



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT



* AT 140 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL STILL 

OCCURRING ACROSS LOUDON AND KNOX COUNTIES. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS IN LOUDON COUNTY REPORTED 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR MELTON 

HILL DAM SINCE MIDNIGHT. WITH WATER STARTING TO POND IN MANY AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

FARRAGUT...KNOXVILLE...LENOIR CITY AND LOUDON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE HALF 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3564 8439 3592 8383 3613 8392 3600 8416

      3592 8427 3576 8446



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