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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

929 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6:00 PM.  RAIN FROM THE PREVIOUS 

COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND.  STORMS THIS EVENING WERE 

SLOW MOVING AND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER 

HOUR.  RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  WATCH FOR RAPID 

RISES ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS.



<<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

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



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