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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1037 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MARTINSVILLE CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.



* AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS HENRY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE.

  THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WILL LIKELY RESULT

  IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1230 AM EDT INCLUDE

  MARTINSVILLE CITY...

  AXTON...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING.



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

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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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