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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

219 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 515 PM EDT



* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE     

  WARNED AREA. THIS AREA WAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...MAINLY SOUTH   

  OF ROCKWOOD AND KINGSTON. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO TWO AND ONE    

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. 



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS

AFTERNOON.



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 3565 8458 3587 8433 3584 8464 3581 8478



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