THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ONEIDA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 428 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AND A SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3659 8436 3618 8446 3629 8467 3660 8465 - WXM -
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:31:22 +0000
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