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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1058 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* AT 1058 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 13 MILES EAST

  OF WOOLWINE TO NEAR MOUNT AIRY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 100 AM EDT INCLUDE

  MOUNT AIRY NORTH CAROLINA...

  ARARAT VIRGINIA...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE HEAD WATERS OF THE DAN RIVER...AND IN SMALL STREAMS

AND CREEKS AROUND MOUNT AIRY...INCLUDING STEWARTS...PAULS...AND 

LOVILLS CREEK. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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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