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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

814 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT



* AT 814 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

 OF SHOWERS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH ROANOKE 

 COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AS MUCH AS ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN 

 LESS THAN AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD 

 STREET FLOODING IN THE URBAN AREAS...AND MAY CAUSE CREEK FLOODING 

 ELSEWHERE.



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

  GLENVAR...POAGES MILL...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.



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 3733 7987 3720 7994 3714 8016 3736 8022



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