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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

334 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 3-5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  BASSETT.  THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR ESTIMATES 4 INCHES OF RAIN NORTHEAST OF MARTINSVILLE AND NEAR 

BASSETT HAVE ACCUMULATED SINCE 2:00 PM.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF LITTLE REED CREEK...REED 

CREEK...BEAVER CREEK AND BOTH FORKS OF LEATHERWOOD CREEK.  URBAN 

FLOODING IS LIKELY IN COLLINSVILLE...MARTINSVILLE AND LEATHERWOOD. 





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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