Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MARION TN-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
AND ROAD CLOSURES OVER SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY NEAR THE TRI STATE
INTERSECTION OF TENNESSEE...GEORGIA...AND ALABAMA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS
ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
THE LAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS MARION COUNTY...AND THIS ACTIVITY IS
NOT EXPECTED TO DIMINISH UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.


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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3498 8580 3499 8580 3509 8580 3510 8541
      3504 8541 3502 8542 3500 8544 3498 8548

$$

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