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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

643 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CRAIG COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  FINCASTLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 945 PM EDT INCLUDE

  FINCASTLE...

  EAGLE ROCK...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG CATAWBA CREEK.



<<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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