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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

253 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR DAMASCUS...OR 11 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF ABINGDON.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  DAMASCUS



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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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