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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

351 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

  COVINGTON CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.



* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JORDAN

  MINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 545 PM EDT INCLUDE

  JORDAN MINES...

  COVINGTON CITY...

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY...

  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS AND ESPECIALLY ALONG POTTS 

CREEK...MILL BROOK...AND BLUE SPRING RUN.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES.



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