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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1257 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.



* AT 1255 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED          

  CONTINUED FLOODING ALONG MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHERN   

  MERCER COUNTY. THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF BLUEFIELD WAS ALSO FLOODED     

  WITH EVACUATIONS ONGOING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO    

  TAPER OFF BY 2:00 PM...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN

  WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MORE FLOODING 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.



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