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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

653 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF RAONAOKE



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MOVING ACROSS 

  EASTERN SECTIONS OF ROANOKE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF

  ROANOKE CITY.  URBAN FLOODING WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY WITH THESE 

  RAINFALL RATES.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...CAVE SPRING...

  ROANOKE AIRPORT AND VINTON...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



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 3733 7986 3722 7985 3721 8002 3736 8002



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