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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

559 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 557 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA 

REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN AND AROUND BLUEFIELD.  SOME ROADS 

ARE WASHED OUT AS WELL.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  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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