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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1218 AM EDT MON APR 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 1218 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THAT SEVERAL QUICK MOVING...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING

  THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN PROGRESSING ACROSS THE WESTERN

  PART OF GREENBRIER COUNTY SINCE ABOUT 1000 PM EDT. 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA OVER

  THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN...COMBINED WITH

  WHAT HAS FALLEN SO FAR...MAY BE ENOUGH TO PROMPT FLASH FLOODING

  IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN

  WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT AND LEONARD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  RAINELLE...QUINWOOD...MEADOW BLUFF...DUO...BINGHAM AND ANJEAN. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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