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VAC017-040745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1240 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT.



* AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HOT SPRINGS...MOVING   

SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL NEAR 2.5 INCHES

HAS ALREADY FALLING WITH THIS STORM SINCE MIDNIGHT.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 345 AM EDT INCLUDE

  HOT SPRINGS...

  HEALING SPRINGS...

  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG CASCADES CREEK. THIS STREAM RUNS ALONG STATE ROUTE 

220 SOUTH SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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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