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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

527 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 525 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF HONAKER...OR 9

  MILES NORTH OF LEBANON.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD

  WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  DRILL...13 MILES EAST OF DANTE...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. PAUL...

  15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASTLEWOOD...CLEVELAND...DYE...HONAKER...

  LEBANON...13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANSONVILLE...ROSEDALE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3715 8192 3698 8230 3689 8240 3672 8236

          3693 8173



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