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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

153 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  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 AM EST



* AT 145 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES    

  AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. DOPPLER  

  RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL     

  CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. WITH THE GROUND 

ALREADY SATURATED...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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.



LAT...LON 3664 8353 3662 8164 3692 8183 3716 8259



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