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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

731 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 728 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING IN AND 

AROUND MERCER COUNTY...BLUEFIELD VA AND WV.  ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING 

INTO PULASKI AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BETWEEN 8:00 AND 8:30 PM WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 930 PM EDT INCLUDE



   PRINCETON...

   CAMP CREEK...

   DUBLIN...

   PILOT...

   CHRISTIANSBURG...

   BLACKSBURG...



<<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.  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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