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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

238 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.



* AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR RURAL RETREAT...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 430 PM EDT INCLUDE

  RURAL RETREAT...

  WYTHEVILLE...

  MAX MEADOWS...



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

ABOVE LOCATIONS AND ANY LOW LYING 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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