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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1025 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.



* AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY      

  GAP...  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1215 PM EDT INCLUDE

  ROCKY GAP...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS BLAND AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES.



<<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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