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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1220 PM 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 400 PM EDT



* AT 1215 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING 

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE MOST 

WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE CLINCH AND POWELL

RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED ON VARIOUS

ROADWAYS. ISOLATED EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED. MOST OF THE 

RECENT FLOODING HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF RUN OFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.

ADDITION MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED

THIS AFTERNOON. 

 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES,

DIPS, OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A

FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATER.



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