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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
200 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWPORT...
  GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUTLEDGE...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON CITY...DANDRIDGE...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 154 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAIN RATES OF OVER
TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN GRAINGER COUNTY NEAR THE CHEROKEE DAM. THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY, EXTREME
WEST HAMBLEN COUNTY, AND INTO COCKE COUNTY THROUGH 300 AM.

MOSSY CREEK AND LOST CREEK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL LIKELY FLOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 8327 3591 8332 3594 8343 3617 8372
      3618 8372 3630 8360 3601 8274 3599 8277
      3597 8276 3591 8280 3595 8286 3594 8291
      3588 8288 3577 8298 3578 8307 3574 8317

$$

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