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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

241 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA   

  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT



* AT 240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO REGENERATE

  OVER NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTIES. RADAR

  ESTIMATES SHOW THAT UP TO ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 130 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN

  FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE

  FOLLOWING CREEKS...BEAVER DAM CREEK AND STONY CREEK IN BEDFORD

  COUNTY...AND GILLS CREEK IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 630 AM EDT 

  INCLUDE

  STEWARTSVILLE...

  CHAMBLISSBURG...

  RED VALLEY...



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.



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 3728 7963 3702 7969 3706 8007 3718 7986

          3729 7982



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