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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

605 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 605 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AMHERST COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 

MPH.  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO THE 

RAIN AS THEY EMPTY INTO THE BUFFALO RIVER.  PEOPLE ALONG THESE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN RAPIDLY FLOOD...

POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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