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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

554 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EAST CENTRAL ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A         

  PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CITY OF ROANOKE.      

  RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE       

  WARNED AREA SINCE 5 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD  

  OCCUR BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE     

  FLASH FLOODING.



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

  ROANOKE...



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 3732 7990 3720 7990 3720 8004 3730 8001



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