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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

415 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN LOCATED FROM WEST OF THE STONEVILLE 

  AREA SOUTH TO NEAR PLEASANTVILLE.  RADAR INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES 

  OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR OVER SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE MAYO

  RIVER WEST OF STONEVILLE.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 

  1 TO 2 HOURS FOR THE WARNED AREA.  SECONDARY ROADS FROM ROUTE 770 

  SOUTH ALONG AND WEST OF US 220 TO ROUTE 135 ARE UNDER THE GREATEST 

  THREAT.



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

  ELLISBORO...INTELLIGENCE...MAYODAN AND MONROETON...



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.



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 3655 7982 3650 8003 3627 8000 3628 7973



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