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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

114 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008



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CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC-

114 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR CLAY

AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



AT 108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN SHOWERS PRODUCING POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ANDREWS...MURPHY...AND HAYESVILLE.



THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA, BUT A FEW RAIN SHOWERS 

PERSIST. ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

230 AM, BUT RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO ENTER 

STREAMS AND URBANIZED AREAS.



SEVERAL RAIN GAGES REPORTED OVER AND INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN TWO 

HOURS, BUT DOPPLER RADAR RAIN ESTIMATES GO AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES 

IN ABOUT THREE HOURS.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. IT IS LIKELY DEEPER 

THAN IT APPEAR. LESS THAN A FOOT OF RUNNING WATER CAN WASH AWAY MOST 

CARS AND TRUCKS. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD, TURN 

AROUND DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3499 8432 3522 8429 3527 8422 3524 8418

      3524 8413 3529 8403 3524 8400 3521 8396

      3524 8385 3524 8373 3525 8370 3514 8372

      3515 8365 3499 8351



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