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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

539 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS JOHNSON 

COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR MORE OF 

RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. 



* THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE NEAR THE NORTH 

CAROLINA BORDER...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF TRADE.



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.



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.



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.  IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND 

DONT DROWN 



LAT...LON 3633 8187 3634 8178 3643 8170 3644 8185



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