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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

540 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 

OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST 

AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG CREEKS 

NEAR BRUSH MOUNTAIN AND IN NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...

  ELLISTON-LAFAYETTE...MERRIMAC...ELLISTON...PRICES FORK AND

  WALTON...



<<>>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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