000 WGUS84 KMRX 061448 FLSMRX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1048 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 TNC007-009-011-065-105-107-115-121-123-139-143-145-153-061454- /O.EXP.KMRX.FA.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110906T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RHEA TN-ROANE TN-SEQUATCHIE TN-LOUDON TN-BLEDSOE TN-BRADLEY TN- HAMILTON TN-MCMINN TN-MARION TN-MEIGS TN-MONROE TN-BLOUNT TN-POLK TN- 1048 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM EDT/945 AM CDT/ FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN POLK...BLOUNT...MONROE...MEIGS...MARION... MCMINN...HAMILTON...BRADLEY...BLEDSOE...LOUDON...SEQUATCHIE...ROANE AND RHEA COUNTIES... LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOOD WATERS HAD RECEDED OVER MOST OF THE FLOOD WARNING AREAS THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. SOME SECONDARY AND BACK ROADS MAY REMAIN CLOSED FOR A BIT LONGER...AND MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! LAT...LON 3498 8566 3574 8512 3577 8491 3586 8477 3582 8478 3572 8470 3572 8463 3563 8458 3567 8432 3554 8408 3556 8400 3551 8401 3549 8394 3541 8401 3531 8403 3524 8413 3527 8423 3498 8461 $$ TG