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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

656 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAIN PERSISTING OVER CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED         

  RAINFALL RATES OF BETTER THAN 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WHICH WILL        

  CAUSE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 930 PM EDT INCLUDE

  SINKING CREEK...



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 3763 8008 3750 8002 3742 8014 3740 8042

          3756 8024



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