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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

551 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA...CITY OF

BRISTOL VIRGINIA...AND SULLIVAN COUNTY TENNESSEE CONTINUES IN EFFECT

UNTIL 715 PM...



MOST HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAVE STOPPED OVER THE AREA...BUT RUNOFF

CONTINUES TO THREATEN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...

A THUNDERSTORM OVER KINGSPORT WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN ON

THAT CITY.



RESIDENCES HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE.

ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE AND SMALL STREAMS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR

BANKS.



THE SITUATION IS STILL POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO

FLOODED ROADS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN DITCHES

AND TILES.



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