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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1258 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  COVINGTON CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.



* AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 35 

  MILES NORTH OF WARM SPRINGS TO 33 MILES WEST OF MATOAKA...MOVING 

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 445 PM EDT INCLUDE

  RUPERT...

  SANDSTONE...

  RENICK...

  MATOAKA...

  HINTON...

  CAMP CREEK...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND 

FLASH FLOODING WEST OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS WILL PROGRESS 

EAST ACROSS THE WARNING ARED BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PM EDT.  RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS WILL RESULT IN 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...LOW LYING ROADS AND 

PROPERTY AND URBAN AREAS IN THE WARNING AREA.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.



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.



.END

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