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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1236 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 AM EST.



* AT 1236 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED        

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS TAZEWELL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 330 AM EST INCLUDE

  RICHLANDS...

  RAVEN...

  AREAS ALONG MILL CREEK...

  AREAS ALONG INDIAN CREEK...



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CLINCH RIVER BASIN THROUGH 330 

AM...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...ESPECIALLY NEAR RICHLANDS.



<<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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