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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1020 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013
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HAMILTON TN-MARION TN-
1020 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA...
MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT/1115 PM CDT/
* AT 1018 PM EDT/918 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR
SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...AND AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THE RAIN MOVES OUT.
RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3498 8569 3532 8558 3526 8544 3522 8540
3515 8539 3533 8524 3545 8517 3546 8512
3543 8510 3544 8507 3541 8502 3538 8503
3536 8498 3528 8494 3515 8503 3504 8500
3502 8497 3499 8498
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