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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1235 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NEAR

  20 MPH ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ROSEDALE...CLEVELAND...ST. PAUL...CASTLEWOOD...DANTE...HONAKER...

  DYE...DRILL



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 3697 8177 3688 8190 3689 8200 3678 8220

          3672 8233 3686 8238 3690 8232 3697 8230

          3704 8218 3705 8205 3711 8200 3712 8188



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