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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

730 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS EASTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. RADAR

  ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE LEXINGTON

  AREA SINCE 6:00 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED

  THROUGH 10:00 PM...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS

  ACROSS ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1030 PM EDT INCLUDE

  ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...

  LEXINGTON...

  BUENA VISTA...



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 3791 7922 3771 7939 3765 7948 3778 7959

          3800 7952



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