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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

602 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A PERSISTENT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM LEWISBURG TO RUPERT WEST

  VIRGINIA.  THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS OCCURING IN THE HIGHER

  ELEVATIONS...JUST NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG.  



* A SPOTTER IN MCROSS WEST VIRGINIA REPORTS THAT AROUND 3.5 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7:00 AM.  THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT THAT

  ROUTE 60 WAS COVERED BY WATER NEAR RUPERT WEST VIRGINIA.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 900 PM EDT INCLUDE

  RUPERT...

  CHARMCO...

  LEWISBURG...



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING



<<CALL TO ACTION>>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.



.END

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