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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

440 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LEE AND SCOTT COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 

UNTIL 630 PM...



AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PATTONSVILLE...OR 12 MILES 

EAST OF JONESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REMAINING NEARLY 

STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...

DRYDEN...PATTONSVILLE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR AROUND THE SCOTT AND 

LEE COUNTY BORDER. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY COUNTRY

ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING. 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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