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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

840 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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GREENE TN-

840 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR

GREENE COUNTY...



AT 833 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY...SUCH AS

HANEY HILL AND SUSONG MEMORIAL.  WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING...DRIVE 

WITH CAUTION.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUSCULUM AND

GREENEVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND 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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



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

      3595 8290 3611 8307 3619 8314 3623 8309

      3636 8287 3608 8258



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