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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

211 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT



* AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING CITY...OR ABOUT 12

  MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATUR. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  GRANDVIEW.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR SPRING 

CITY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME 

AREA...PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, LOW

LYING FARMLAND, AND ROADS ADJACENT TO STREAMS. OTHER LOW LYING PLACES

THAT NORMALLY FLOOD EASILY COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. 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 3568 8499 3559 8487 3572 8473 3578 8487



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