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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

513 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DECATUR...

  RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKWOOD...



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS...STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

LOW LYING PLACES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. IF YOU

COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS

A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



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 3582 8484 3583 8479 3584 8476 3591 8469

      3594 8463 3593 8462 3595 8460 3566 8455

      3565 8458 3565 8462 3549 8475 3543 8492



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