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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

802 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WISE AND CITY OF NORTON

COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER WISE COUNTY...BUT SOME 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL FALLING OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF WISE COUNTY. AN 

ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS 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.



LAT...LON 3700 8243 3724 8261 3695 8288 3684 8270

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