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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

641 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY BETWEEN 7:00 AND 7:30 

PM.  EARLIER PRECIPITATION HAS SATURATED SOILS... SO RUNOFF WILL BE 

RAPIDLY ENTERING STREAMS AND CREEKS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 0.8 

INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SECOND AREA OF RAIN THROUGH 

9:00 PM EDT.   



<<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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