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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

549 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY    

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 430 PM.  THE SHERIFF IN BLAND  

  HAS REPORTED SMALL CREEKS ALONG WALKER CREEK ARE APPROACHING       

  BANKFULL.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE 

  AREAS BETWEEN BLAND AND MECHANICSBURG...ALONG WALKER CREEK.



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 3718 8091 3714 8088 3712 8094 3708 8094

          3705 8105 3711 8110



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