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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

512 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



* AT 512 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF GRAYSON COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS

OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY WHERE DOPPLER RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES HAD REACHED NEARLY 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE

  MOUTH OF WILSON...

  INDEPENDENCE...



<<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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