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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1123 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  AND THE CITY OF DANVILLE



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



* AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  A PERSISTENT AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE 

  CITY OF DANVILLE...ALONG ROUTE 58.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...DANVILLE...

  SOAPSTONE...CASCADE...WEST FORK...RINGGOLD...SANDY RIVER...

  SWANSONVILLE AND WESTOVER HILLS...BLAIRS...



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 3675 7965 3657 7969 3657 7923 3685 7920



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