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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

531 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER KNOXVILLE. RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND NORTHWEST 

KNOXVILLE...MAINLY NEAR RIDGEDALE AND FOUNTAIN CITY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWELL AND

  HALLS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



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LAT...LON 3612 8392 3601 8377 3589 8402 3599 8413



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