

000 

WGUS51 KRNK 111954

FFWRNK

VAC143-112300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

353 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  GRETNA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 700 PM EDT INCLUDE

  GRETNA...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN NORTHERN PITTSLYVANIA COUNTY ALONG THE PIGG RIVER.



<<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

$$



10

