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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

553 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS  

  OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN

  SINCE AROUND 4:30 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE ANOTHER

  ONE TO TWO INCHES...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAMS         

  AND CREEKS ACROSS CASWELL COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 830 PM EDT INCLUDE

  YANCEYVILLE...



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 3651 7917 3624 7917 3625 7951 3653 7951



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