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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

129 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.



* AT 129 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOONE.  THE STORM WAS NEARLY 

  STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 330 PM EDT INCLUDE

  VALLEY CRUCES...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING ALONG DUTCH CREEK WHERE IT FLOWS INTO THE WATAUGA RIVER NEAR

VALLEY CRUCES.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>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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