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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

508 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  COVINGTON CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 3 MILES EAST OF COVINGTON

  CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 700 PM EDT INCLUDE

  COVINGTON CITY...

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG DUNLAP CREEK.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES.



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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