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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
409 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012

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SULLIVAN TN-JOHNSON TN-CARTER TN-
409 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT

* AT 408 AM...DOPPLER RADAR REVEALED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH ACROSS NORTHEAST 
TENNESSEE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND 
TWO INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING 
AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... 
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 8170 3647 8169 3641 8173 3634 8170
      3634 8184 3629 8191 3613 8202 3610 8208
      3610 8213 3630 8233 3640 8230 3639 8238
      3643 8239 3644 8246 3658 8259 3660 8166

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