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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

715 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



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

  WESTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



* AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES WEST OF NARROWS...

  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1015 PM EDT INCLUDE

  NARROWS...

  PEARISBURG...

  POPLAR HILL...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RAPIDLY RISE AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. WOLF 

CREEK...MILL CREEK...NO BUSINESS CREEK AND WALKER CREEK WILL LIKELY 

BE AFFECTED BY RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS.



RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADWAYS MAY BE 

DAMAGED OR PARTIALLY WASHED OUT.  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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