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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

814 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING OVER SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY. RADAR

  ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE

  WARNED AREA...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG BRUSH CREEK.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1115 PM EDT INCLUDE

  PRINCETON...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3747 8096 3736 8089 3731 8102 3727 8128

          3753 8119



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