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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1200 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 600 AM EST



RECENT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS 

WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THIS AREA TONIGHT. A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN HOURLY 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR. REDEVELOPING SHOWERS AND 

FLOODING CONTINUING OVERNIGHT IS LIKELY. 



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3718 8259 3705 8254 3694 8233 3687 8277

          3664 8304 3664 8359 3671 8337 3674 8317

          3686 8305 3686 8295 3691 8286 3698 8286

          3704 8271 3712 8271



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