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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

927 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 930 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS REPORTED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE MOST WIDESPREAD 

CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE CLINCH RIVER IN VIRGINIA.

FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS. ISOLATED EVACUATIONS

HAVE BEEN REQUIRED. 



ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS

THE WARNED AREAS THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE  

KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA BORDER AROUND 945 AM EDT AND MOVE EAST TO THE 

MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AROUND 1100 AM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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