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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

503 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA SINCE 3:00 PM. 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7:00 PM. 

  

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 900 PM EDT INCLUDE

  PAMPLIN CITY...

  ALONG FALLING CREEK IN NORTHEAST CAMPBELL COUNTY...

  ALONG BIG CUB CREEK IN SOUTHERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY. 





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3721 7874 3717 7885 3699 7892 3708 7913

          3709 7942 3740 7924 3740 7909 3757 7884

          3736 7858



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