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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

548 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY. 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 

THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ALONG THE 

CLINCH RIVER BASIN.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...CEDAR BLUFF...

  AMONATE...BANDY...CLIFFIELD...GRATTON AND TIPTOP...



<<>>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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