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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

ISSUED BY NWS CHARLESTON WV

254 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



* AT 244 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A CREEK OUT 

OF ITS BANKS. STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER RICHLANDS...OR ABOUT 24 MILES 

SOUTHWEST OF WELCH...  MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CEDAR BLUFF...CLAYPOOL

  HILL AND TAZEWELL.



--CALL TO ACTION-- A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY

AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO

SO SAFELY.



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