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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1021 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 2 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9:00 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 115 AM EDT INCLUDE 

  TAZEWELL...TIPTOP...AND CLIFFIELD.



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.



LAT...LON 3722 8141 3709 8139 3707 8171 3719 8161



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