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

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SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI TN-WASHINGTON TN-HAWKINS TN-GREENE TN-
527 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT

* AT 525 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 3610 8237 3598 8249 3597 8256 3657 8288
      3659 8284 3659 8260 3644 8247 3643 8239
      3639 8238 3640 8230 3626 8234 3625 8228
      3619 8223 3615 8222

$$

DMG