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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1042 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1040 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OF CREEKS AND   

  STREAMS IN THE OAKVALE VICINITY OF SOUTHEAST MERCER COUNTY. RADAR

  INDICATED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE AREA...WITH ANOTHER ONE HALF

  TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE

  ADDITIONAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG PIGEON CREEK.            

              

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1230 AM EDT INCLUDE

  PRINCETON...

  OAKVALE...



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.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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 3748 8097 3740 8089 3733 8096 3732 8126

          3754 8112



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