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WGUS54 KMRX 282318

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VAC195-720-290115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

716 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 713 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  PROBLEMS IN BIG STONE GAP FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR RAIN RATES ARE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR, 

BUT THE STORM PRODUCING THE RAIN WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE AND SO 

PROLONGED RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.



IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR CLOSED ROAD, TURN AROUND DONT DROWN 

THIS IS DEVELOPING INTO A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



LAT...LON 3693 8288 3678 8276 3691 8245 3710 8261



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