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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

645 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LYNCHBURG CITY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LYNCHBURG  

  AND EXTENDING 6 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST.  



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 845 PM EDT INCLUDE

  LYNCHBURG CITY...TIMBERLAKE



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE URBAN 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...AN POSSIBLY ALONG TOMAHAWK 

AND BLACKWATER CREEKS.



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

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

UNDERPASSES.



<<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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