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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

542 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1045 AM EST



* AT 542 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

  MOVING NORTH ACROSS TAZEWELL COUNTY IN VIRGINIA AND MERCER IN

  WEST VIRGINIA. RAINFALL GAGES INDICATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF

  BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA. WHITNEY CREEK AND BEAVER POND CREEK ARE FLOODING 

  AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1045 AM EST INCLUDE

  BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA...

  BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA...

  FALLS MILLS...

  BLUESTONE RIVER...



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 3758 8111 3748 8094 3714 8133 3706 8133

          3698 8180 3723 8175 3721 8156



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