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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

428 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 730 PM EDT.



* AT 428 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING 

  BACK INTO MERCER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL     

  INCH OF RAIN TO MANY LOCATIONS...AND ISOLATED 2 INCH AMOUNTS ARE   

  POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS AND SMALL        

  STREAMS.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 730 PM EDT INCLUDE

  PRINCETON...

  CAMP CREEK...

  SPNAISHBURG...



<<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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