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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

852 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009



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MORGAN TN-

852 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009



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

MORGAN COUNTY...



AT 850 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNBRIGHT...

RUGBY AND DEERLODGE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3628 8488 3630 8480 3634 8477 3638 8471

      3629 8462 3627 8457 3624 8457 3620 8447

      3612 8443 3605 8434 3591 8468 3599 8472

      3608 8480 3615 8491



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