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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

349 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR SOUTHWEST OF MORAVIAN FALLS.



* LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...HUNTING CREEK AND     

  ROCKY CREEK IN FAR SOUTHEAST WILKES COUNTY...INCLUDING GILREATH    

  AND OSBORNVILLE. A FEW LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN WILKES COUNTY NEAR    

  MULBERRY CREEK AND THE HEADWATERS OF THE ROARING RIVER COULD ALSO  

  BE AFFECTED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.



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 3623 8140 3603 8133 3608 8089 3637 8098



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