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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

736 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.



* AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  BOISSEVAIN. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO TWO AND 

  A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 635 PM AND 735 PM. IN 

  ADDITION...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A CREEK NEAR BANKFULL. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG MUD FORK...LAUREL FORK AND BIG 

  BRANCH CREEKS.

 

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1030 PM EDT INCLUDE

  BOISSEVAIN...

  POCAHONTAS...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...

POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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