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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

701 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN 

  AMHERST COUNTY.  RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN...AND AN    

  ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH 800 PM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 900 PM EDT INCLUDE

  AMHERST...

  MADISON HEIGHTS...

  ELON...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



<<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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