

000 

WGUS54 KMRX 171145

FFWMRX

TNC059-171345-

/O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0013.090617T1145Z-090617T1345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

745 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENEVILLE...



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 737 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING NEAR THE GREENEVILLE AREA.  SEVERAL ROADS IN THE CITY OF 

GREENEVILLE WERE REPORTED FLOODED...SUCH AS HANEY HILL.  

ALSO...SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE GREENEVILLE 

AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS GREENE COUNTY.  RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 

INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GREENEVILLE AND TUSCULUM



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 3600 8276 3595 8277 3592 8282 3595 8286

      3595 8290 3611 8307 3619 8314 3623 8309

      3636 8287 3608 8258



$$



DH

