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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

429 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES WEST OF LEWISBURG...

  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 630 PM EDT INCLUDE   



  ALDERSON...

  AND BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG MEADOW RIVER NEAR DAWSON...KITCHEN CREEK NEAR BLUE

SULPHUR SPRINGS AND MUDDY CREEK NEAR ALDERSON.



<<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.



.END

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