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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

348 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.



* AT 348 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED POOR DRAINAGE

  FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 220...JUST SOUTH OF FINCASTLE.  THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR FINCASTLE...WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE

  EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2.0 AND 2.5 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FINCASTLE AREA SINCE 2:00 PM.  AN ADDITIONAL

  1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4:00 AND 5:00 PM.  THIS WILL LIKELY

  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 545 PM EDT INCLUDE   

  FINCASTLE...

  BUCHANAN...



INTERSATE 81 MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  

PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAY WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 

CONDITIONS.



<<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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