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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

353 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EST



* AT 351 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY.  THE RAIN    

  WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  HANSONVILLE...CASTLEWOOD...LEBANON...CLEVELAND...HONAKER...DYE...

  ROSEDALE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 1 

INCH OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS.



AT 346 AM EST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS PRODUCING FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS.



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 3687 8237 3679 8225 4009 7564 4069 7616



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