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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

300 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 4PM EDT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

IN TENNESSEE...MORGAN...SCOTT...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...HANCOCK...

HAWKINS...GREENE...SULLIVAN...WASHINGTON...UNICOI...CARTER...AND

JOHNSON.  ALSO...THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA...LEE...WISE...SCOTT...RUSSELL...WASHINGTON...

AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF BRISTOL AND NORTON.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED OVER MOST OF THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA FROM SATURDAY EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS ON SUNDAY.  12 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS IN LEE...WISE...AND SCOTT

COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA HAD ALREADY REACHED 3 TO 4 INCHES.  SOME MINOR

FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE DRYDEN AND BEN HUR AREAS OF LEE COUNTY

VIRGINIA AROUND 2AM EDT...MAINLY NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITES. 



ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AT LEAST THROUGH

DAYBREAK SUNDAY...SO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.  SHOWERS

AND STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF SIGNIFICANTLY UNTIL SUNDAY 

EVENING...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 4PM

EDT.  



PERSONS LIVING IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS

TODAY.  REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL 

LEVELS.  IF YOU LIVE IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE READY TO MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.  



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