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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

338 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

  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 800 PM EDT



* AT 345 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. FLOODING 

IS BEING REPORTED ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS. ISOLATED EVACUATIONS HAVE 

BEEN REQUIRED. WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN DECLARED A DISASTER 

AREA. ADDITION SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. MOST FLASH FLOOD 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE ON 

FOOT.



ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING

INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.



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