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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1018 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG IS EXTENDING THE  



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  CONTINUED RAINFALL OVER EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE AREA WAS 

  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY 

WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL... AND A COUPLE 

OF ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER NORTHERN BLAND AND WESTERN MERCER COUNTY 

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 10:20 PM AND 11:00 PM. STREET 

FOODING IN BLUEFIELD VA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AS WELL.



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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