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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

407 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABINGDON...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  EMORY-MEADOW VIEW.



RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST

2 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3664 8163 3662 8203 3682 8192 3677 8168



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