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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1135 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  DANVILLE CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.



* AT 1135 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINS...SLOWLY MOVING EAST OUT OF HENRY COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN 

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 230 AM EDT INCLUDE

  CHATHAM...

  DANVILLE CITY...

  HURT...

  MT AIRY...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE DANVILLE AREA.



<<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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