Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
906 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MARION TN-
806 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

* AT 800 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR REVEALED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH OVER THE SAME GENERAL
AREAS OF MARION COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR NEAR HALETOWN IN SOUTHEASTERN
MARION COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.


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 3521 8576 3527 8545 3522 8539 3514 8538
      3511 8540 3510 8537 3506 8537 3504 8539
      3504 8541 3502 8542 3499 8545 3499 8573

$$

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