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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1014 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS CONTINUING 

ALONG WOLF AND WALKER CREEKS IN WESTERN GILES COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS 

THAT CROSS THESE CREEKS WERE STILL CLOSED...AND SOME EVACUATIONS 

WERE STILL TAKING PLACE.  EXPECT WATER TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH ABOUT 

MIDNIGHT.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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