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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

628 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 2 MILES NORTH OF 

  BLUEFIELD. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE 

  INCH PER HOUR.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 930 PM EDT INCLUDE

  PRINCETON...

  BLUEFIELD...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN THIRD OF 

MERCER COUNTY.  EAST RIVER AND BLUESTONE RIVER WILL LIKELY EXCEED 

BANKFULL LEVELS. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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