

000 

WGUS51 KRNK 081611

FFWRNK

VAC021-185-081900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1212 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.



* AT 1210 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IN 

BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA UNDER WATER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF 

AFTER 1:00 PM. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.





<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.



.END

$$



10

