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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

115 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.



* AT 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES EAST OF JORDAN MINES. 

THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAINGAGE

RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN A HOUR.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 415 AM EDT INCLUDE

  JORDAN MINES...

  NICHOLLS KNOB...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG BLUE SPRING RUN...MUD RUN AND HAYS CREEK. 



<<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.



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