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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1103 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



* AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES WEST OF   

  CAMP CREEK...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 100 PM EDT INCLUDE

  CAMP CREEK...

  MATOAKA...

  PRINCETON...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING AROUND CAMP AND BRUSH CREEKS.



<<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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