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VAC017-132315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

411 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.



* AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES EAST OF WARM

  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RE-FORM OVER THE COUNTY...AND REPORTS OF 

NEAR BANKFULL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR 

IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON 

FOOT



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