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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
403 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

TNC115-153-192300-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FA.Y.0044.130519T2003Z-130519T2300Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEQUATCHIE TN-MARION TN-
303 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
  SEQUATCHIE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 301 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR REVEALED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS SEQUATCHIE AND
MARION COUNTIES. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF
RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL OF THIS
MAGNITUDE MAY LEAD TO SOME 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 3498 8585 3523 8587 3525 8582 3522 8574
      3524 8570 3529 8571 3532 8558 3536 8552
      3540 8550 3553 8560 3557 8544 3556 8543
      3554 8544 3547 8538 3536 8523 3514 8539
      3506 8537 3498 8548

$$

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