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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

824 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 825 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING IN THE BLUEFIELD...BRUSH FORK AND BLUEWELL

AREAS. POLICE REPORTED THAT THE WATER WAS STILL RISING IN 

BLUEFIELD AREA...WITH SOME ROAD DAMAGE.  



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED MERCER COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...THESE STORMS PRODUCED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. 

BLUEFIELD AIRPORT RECEIVED 2.91 INCHES ENDING AT 8 PM. FLOODING 

CONTINUED ALONG BRUSH FORK CREEK AND SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

MERCER COUNTY. WATER COVERED ROUTE 20 AND SEVERAL STREETS IN 

BLUEFIELD. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO 

MERCER COUNTY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE 

LESS THAN A HALF INCH. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3743 8129 3729 8130 3742 8085



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