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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1128 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROCKWOOD...KINGSTON...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTY. THE STORMS

  WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH BUT ARE REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME 

  AREAS.



* OTHER 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.



BE VERY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE FLASH FLOODING...ACT NOW MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY GET OUT OF FLOODED AREAS NOW. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED

OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING

SITUATION.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MORRISTOWN.



LAT...LON 3593 8467 3581 8478 3572 8448 3592 8427



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