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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1136 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



* AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   

  RICHLANDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 230 PM EDT INCLUDE

  RICHLANDS...

  MARION...



SLOW MOVING STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG LITTLE RIVER...THE LOWER REACHES 

OF MAIDEN SPRING CREEK IN TAZEWELL COUNTY AND IN LOW LYING AREAS 

ALONG LITTLE TUMBLING RUN...AND ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON 

NEAR MCREEDY...NORTH HOLSTON AND BROADFORD.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 2 1 5 4 3 2 4.



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