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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

657 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY 

STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF DUBLIN.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY 

OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR.



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

  PARROTT...



<<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 3723 8063 3715 8057 3709 8077 3716 8081



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