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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
252 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF NORTON IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 252 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTON, WISE, JONESVILLE, BIG STONE GAP, PENNINGTON GAP, COEBURN,
APPALACHIA, NICKELSVILLE, DUNGANNON, ST. CHARLES, DUFFIELD,
CLINCHPORT, JASPER, FORT BLACKMORE, DRYDEN AND PATTONSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3672 8326 3674 8314 3676 8313 3678 8313
3680 8311 3683 8310 3684 8308 3685 8307
3685 8301 3687 8291 3690 8287 3691 8287
3701 8244 3699 8241 3689 8238 3688 8241
3674 8235 3661 8322
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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