

000 

WGUS54 KMRX 312251

FFWMRX

TNC091-VAC191-010045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

648 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LAUREL BLOOMERY...OR 5 MILES

  NORTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD

  WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  LAUREL BLOOMERY...MOUNTAIN CITY...SHADY VALLEY...13 MILES NORTHEAST

  OF NEVA...DAMASCUS...GLADE SPRING



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO 

TWO HOURS.



AT 640 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN JOHNSON COUNTY REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS AND ONE RESIDENCE.  MINOR FLOODING WAS ALSO 

REPORTED IN MAINLY THE DAMASCUS AREA IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF 

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA.  THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.  



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.



LAT...LON 3638 8204 3631 8191 3666 8161 3685 8177

          3669 8188



$$



TG

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000 

WGUS54 KMRX 312251

FFWMRX

TNC091-VAC191-010045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

648 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LAUREL BLOOMERY...OR 5 MILES

  NORTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD

  WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  LAUREL BLOOMERY...MOUNTAIN CITY...SHADY VALLEY...13 MILES NORTHEAST

  OF NEVA...DAMASCUS...GLADE SPRING



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO 

TWO HOURS.



AT 640 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN JOHNSON COUNTY REPORTED MINOR 

FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS AND ONE RESIDENCE.  MINOR FLOODING WAS ALSO 

REPORTED IN MAINLY THE DAMASCUS AREA IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF 

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA.  THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.  



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.



LAT...LON 3638 8204 3631 8191 3666 8161 3685 8177

          3669 8188



$$



TG

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