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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

215 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT



* AT 210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES EAST OF DRYDEN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  NORTON.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  DRYDEN...13 MILES EAST OF PENNINGTON GAP



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR IN EASTERN PARTS OF LEE 

COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE DEVELOPING ON THE

CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MAY AFFECT MUCH OF

LEE COUNTY BEFORE DAYBREAK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THESE

STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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.



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LAT...LON 3664 8332 3663 8309 3680 8276 3687 8292



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