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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

845 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 845 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 220 JUST NORTH OF BASSETT FORKS.  TWELVE

  FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED IN THE NORTH BOUND LANES...RESULTING

  IN THE CLOSURE OF THE HIGHWAY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ABOUT A HALF INCH...TO AN INCH...IS POSSIBLE

OVER HENRY COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL

CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING. 



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

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE ARCOSS ANY

AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



.END

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