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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

842 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 842 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 

  BUSINESS ROUTE 29 SOUTH OF REIDSVILLE IN SOUTHERN ROCKINGHAM

  COUNTY. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...YANCEYVILLE...

  SOUTH BOSTON AND DANVILLE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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 3624 7961 3625 8001 3653 8001 3654 7972

          3665 7967 3696 7875 3672 7867 3655 7874

          3655 7912 3635 7917 3625 7943



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