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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

826 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES WEST OF APPOMATTOX...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1130 PM EDT INCLUDE

  APPOMATTOX...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG FALLING RIVER IN WESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY.



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

POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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