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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

514 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 

  NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN PERISISTING ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN  

  PARTS OF NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL   

  INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING FROM STEVENS CREEK  

  EAST TO BYLLESBY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 800 PM EDT INCLUDE

  FRIES...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3677 8106 3682 8100 3684 8080 3674 8077

          3664 8139 3675 8132



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