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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

553 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLUESTONE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARYS...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 550 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE 

  BLUESTONE RIVER IN MERCER COUNTY WAS RISING AND OUT OF ITS BANKS.

  FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURING IN MATOAKA AND SPANISHBURG.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY RIVER FLOODING THROUGH 1145 PM EDT INCLUDE



   MATOAKA...

   SPANISHBURG...

   CAMP CREEK...

   PIPESTEM...

   AND THE BLUESTONE STATE PARK.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES.



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