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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1011 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA   

  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 1011 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL STREAMS 

  NEAR BANKFULL IN EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A 

  HALF INCH TO AN INCH WILL CAUSE THESE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. VERY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS ALSO OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN 

  FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1215 AM EDT INCLUDE

  SYDNORSVILLE...HENRY...TOWNES CREEK AND SNOW CREEK IN FRANKLIN 

  COUNTY. LOCATIONS THREATENED IN PATRICK COUNTY INCLUDE CRITZ.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3670 8031 3659 8008 3681 8010 3685 7974

          3698 8000



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