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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

704 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NORTH FORK POUND RIVER 

  DAM...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF JENKINS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING 

  VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  NORTH FORK POUND RIVER DAM...POUND...WISE...PARDEE...NORTON...

  APPALACHIA



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER PORTIONS 

OF WISE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN ARE 

EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



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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