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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

415 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MERGING ALONG THE TENNESSEE...

  VIRGINIA STATE LINE NEAR BRISTOL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  THE FLASH FLOOD WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  RAIN RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES

  PER HOUR ARE COMMON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  BRISTOL VA...BRISTOL TN...BLOUNTVILLE...HARR...ABINGDON...



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME

A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY.



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