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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

850 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...4 MILES SOUTH OF 

  DUBLIN.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED

  OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 750 PM AND 850 PM.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1145 PM EDT INCLUDE

  DUBLIN...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING BETWEEN DUBLIN AND CLAYTOR LAKE.



<<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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