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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1145 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLUESTONE RIVER AND ITS 

  TRIBUTARYS...         

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA   

  SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.



* AT 1145 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO MERCER AND SUMMERS COUNTIES IN 

WEST VIRGINIA. THIS RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY 

RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY. STATE 

POLICE INDICATED THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE 

BLUESTONE RIVER FROM BLUEFIELD TO PIPESTEM WEST VIRGINIA. HIGHWAY 

DEPARTMENTS REPORTED ROADWAYS REMAIN UNDER WATER TONIGHT. THERE ARE 

ROAD CLOSURES ALONG ROUTE 52 AND ROUTE 10. 

 



<<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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