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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

246 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 246 PM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS 

ACROSS WISE COUNTY FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TODAY.  A FEW HOMES WERE 

EVACUATED IN THE CITY OF POUND.  BIRKSVILLE AND DOTSON CREEKS WERE 

OVERFLOWING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PARDEE AND POUND.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.  NO ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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