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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

640 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF

  THE COUNTY NEAR ROMINGER AND VALLE CRUCIS.  THESE STORMS WERE

  MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.  CREEKS AND STREAMS 

  IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD THROUGH MID-EVENING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...LOVILL...MEAT

  CAMP AND SILVERSTONE...



<<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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