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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1242 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 AM EST.



* AT 1240 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED        

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SMYTH COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 645 AM EST INCLUDE

  MARION...

  SALTVILLE...



SLOW MOVING STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

SMYTH COUNTY NEAR SALTVILLE.



<<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.



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