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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1115 PM EST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 AM EST.



* AT 1115 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED           

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 

  RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE     

  HOURS.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 300 AM EST INCLUDE   

   BLACKLICK...

   FAVONIA...

   AREAS ALONG REED CREEK...



HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON IN THIS AREA THROUGH 

EARLY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF REED CREEK IN THE 

NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THIS COULD ALSO LEAD TO THE 

FLOODING OF BLACK LICK AND KIMBERLIN ROADS.   



<<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.



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