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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

929 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHWEST SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.



* AT 928 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMWITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF          

  PIPESTEM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1115 AM EDT INCLUDE

  CAMP CREEK...

  PIPESTEM...

  PRINCETON...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. LOOK FOR ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

NEXT HOUR OR TWO...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND ROCKSLIDES 

ACROSS THE AREA.



<<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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