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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

730 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEBANON...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABINGDON...



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES       

  SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER STORMS  

  HAD ALREADY PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN    

  RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BENHAMS...HILANDER PARK...HOLSTON...ROSEDALE...LINDELL...

  EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...GLADE SPRING...DAMASCUS AND KONNAROCK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



&&



LAT...LON 3660 8164 3660 8166 3662 8166 3662 8192

      3661 8193 3661 8229 3688 8240 3702 8180

      3696 8176 3695 8181 3692 8182 3678 8168

      3662 8160



$$



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