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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

202 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

  GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

  BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



* AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 11 MILES WEST OF CERES...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 400 PM EDT INCLUDE

  CERES...

  BLUEFIELD...

  ROCKY GAP...

  CAMP CREEK...

  PETERSTOWN...

  PEARISBURG...



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

IN LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA.



<<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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