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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

112 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.



* AT 110 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WEST OF CAMP CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 

40 MPH.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 415 PM EDT INCLUDE

  CAMP CREEK...



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

IN AND AROUND CAMP CREEK...MASH FORK...AND RICH CREEK.



<<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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