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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

326 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 9 MILES WEST OF SINKING

  CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 630 PM EDT INCLUDE

  SINKING CREEK...

  NEW CASTLE...



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

IN MANY LOW LYING AREAS IN CRAIG COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NORTHWESTWARD 

FLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...

POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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