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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

354 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  PEARISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



A SPOTTER REPORTED WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN STAFFORDSVILLE AT 3:50 PM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN STAFFORDSVILLE AND ALONG THE BIG WALKER CREEK.



<<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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