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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1101 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING FOR...



* PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 1059 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND TEH 

WATER IS STILL WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS IN HOOKERS CREEK AND THE UPPER 

DAN RIVER. COUNTYWIDE FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT WHILE WATERS SLOWLY RECEDE.



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 3670 8043 3658 8021 3680 8008 3684 8023



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