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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

100 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 500 AM EST.



* AT 1250 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THE

  NORTH FORK OF THE ROANOKE RIVER AT IRONTO WAS RISING AND OUT OF

  ITS BANKS.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 500 AM EST INCLUDE



   IRONTO AND LAFAYETTE



THE HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE SMALL 

STREAM FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE ROANOKE RIVER. AT 

12:50 AM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER UP TO NORTH 

FORK ROAD. THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH 3:00 

AM... FLOODING THE NORTH FORK ROAD. STATE ROUTE 603 MAY ALSO SOON BE 

FLOODED.   





<<CALL TO ACTION>>SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...

POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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