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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

125 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER MUCH OF WESTERN ASHE COUNTY. THE

  MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE THREATENED BY FLASH FLOODING ARE ALONG THREE

  TOPS CREEK AROUND THE TROUT AND CRESTON AREAS.  FLASH FLOODING ALONG

  RAILROAD GAGE ROAD 1 MILE SOUTH OF CRESTON IS LIKELY.



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

  CLIFTON...FLATWOOD...NELLA...OTHELLO...SHATLEY SPRINGS...TROUT...

  WAGONER AND WEST JEFFERSON...



<<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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