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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

343 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT.



LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT PIGEON CREEK NEAR THE GILES 

COUNTY BORDER HAD COME OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH AN EVACUATION OF A 

HOUSE...ALSO CAMP CREEK NORTH OF PRINCETON WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH 

EVACUATIONS OF CAMPERS GOING ON AT CAMP CREEK STATE PARK. 



THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST 545 AM. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.



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