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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

608 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SERIES 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME AREA OF 

CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEAR LEXINGTON. RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 

3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF...AND AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. THIS WILL PROBABLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG WALTERS CREEK...TOAD RUN...AND WHISTLE CREEK NEAR LEXINGTON.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN IN

BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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