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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

109 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN  

  GAUGES SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN       

  IN WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY SINCE 10 PM LAST EVENING. ANOTHER AREA   

  OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 400    

  AM. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROUND MEADOW CREEK AND OTHER 

  SMALLER CREEKS NEAR THE MEADOWS OF DAN AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 400 AM EDT         

  INCLUDE

  MEADOWS OF DAN...

  ARARAT...

  LOCATIONS ALONG ROUND MEADOW CREEK...



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.



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 3677 8029 3656 8034 3657 8060 3665 8047

          3673 8043



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