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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

627 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

  OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GILES COUNTY...MOVING WEST    

  AROUND 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD      

  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY SINCE 5:00 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY    

  DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL                

  STREAMS...MAINLY WEST OF PEARISBURG EARLY THIS EVENING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...PEMBROKE...

  BANE...CHAPEL...EGGLESTON...KIMBALLTON AND THESSALIA...



<<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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