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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1028 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED          

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS NEAR PEARISBURG SLOWLY MOVING       

  NORTHEAST. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL RATE OF ONE TO 

  THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN 

  FLASH FLOODING.  WATCH FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS RISING OUT OF 

  THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY WOLF CREEK.



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

  BANE...INTERIOR...KIMBALLTON...KIRE 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

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



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