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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1204 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1204 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH HEAVY RAINS NEAR DEVOTION MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. RAINFALL RATES

  OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS

  WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...FAIRVIEW...WHITE

  PLAINS...ARARAT...LEVEL CROSS...PINE RIDGE...STATE RD AND

  WESTFIELD...



<<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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