Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
137 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PIKEVILLE...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 129 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ACROSS BLEDSOE COUNTY FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL LAST
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR REVEALED ANOTHER CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS
BLEDSOE COUNTY...GENERALLY OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED UP TO
TEN INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL
LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  PIKEVILLE...OLD CUMBERLAND...MOUNT CREST...AND MELVINE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 8543 3572 8528 3577 8525 3578 8504
      3576 8503 3577 8494 3577 8493 3567 8499
      3557 8511 3554 8510 3550 8514 3547 8512
      3545 8517 3535 8523 3550 8540 3554 8544

$$

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