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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

456 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR PINEY RIVER TO CLIFFORD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...LOWESVILLE AND

  NEW GLASGOW...



<<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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LAT...LON 3771 7916 3764 7913 3759 7900 3757 7893

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