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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

922 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE 

AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...CARTER...GREENE...HANCOCK...HAWKINS... 

JOHNSON...SULLIVAN...AND UNICOI...



AND FOR THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... 

CITY OF BRISTOL...CITY OF NORTON...LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT... 

WASHINGTON...AND WISE COUNTIES...



UNTIL 400 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVED QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA EARLY THURSDAY EVENING PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING IN LOW 

LYING AREAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY WILL MOVE ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE THROUGH ABOUT 4 AM FRIDAY 

MORNING.  THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN HAVE THE 

POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY FLOOD.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD

KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION

SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE

ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR

CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS ONGOING

WEATHER SITUATION.



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