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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

641 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUFFIELD...

  OR 14 MILES EAST OF JONESVILLE.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE

  FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CLINCHPORT...DUFFIELD



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 1 HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

INCH OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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