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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

606 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH   

  ACROSS EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.  HOURLY

  RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 1/2 AND 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR

  NEAR THE HONAKER AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYE AND

  DRILL.



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, LOW

LYING FARMLAND, AND ROADS ADJACENT TO STREAMS. OTHER LOW LYING PLACES

THAT NORMALLY FLOOD EASILY COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. IF YOU COME TO A

FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE

THREATENING SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3687 8206 3696 8175 3716 8190 3706 8215



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