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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

530 DT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 529 M EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER AND WEST OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RAINFALL 

OF ESTIMATES OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN AN HOUR WILL LIKELY 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE COUNTY.

  

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ON WOLF CREEK...STONY CREEK...SINKING CREEK.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY 

FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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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