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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

746 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WISE...



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 742 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT HAD OCCURRED WITH THUNDERSTORMS     

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAD ENDED OVER WISE       

  COUNTY...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING

  GOING OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. OFFICIALS REPORTED THE WORST

  FLOODING IN THE COEBURN AREA...WHERE MUDSLIDES HAD OCCURRED. 



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

  PARDEE.



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.



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 3707 8248 3703 8248 3703 8245 3697 8235

      3698 8232 3693 8230 3688 8263 3682 8278

      3683 8280 3693 8288 3698 8287 3704 8274

      3711 8273 3720 8256



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