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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

551 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY        

  NORTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY          

  VIRGINIA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN       

  RECORDED IN RAIN GAGES IN SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND DOPPLER      

  RADAR ESTIMATES OF THE SAME AMOUNT HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN NORTHEAST 

  TENNESSEE.



THE SOUTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER COMING OUT OF SMYTH COUNTY WILL 

PROBABLY EXCEED ITS BANKS IN PLACES AND THE FLOOD WAVE WILL TRAVEL 

THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY TENNESSEE. 

IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR FLOODING IN INTERSTATE 181 

NEAR JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE.



STAY OUT OF FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU SEE A ROAD WHICH IS CLOSED OR 

FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DITCHES 

AND TILES.



LAT...LON 3639 8262 3613 8261 3620 8245 3640 8233

          3648 8210 3664 8182 3663 8165 3690 8183

          3671 8230 3659 8228 3658 8258



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