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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1006 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 1006 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING 

  IN THE STEWARTSVILLE AREA...ALONG HIGHWAY 24. MUDSLIDES WERE ALSO

  REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 24 NEAR STEWARTSVILLE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

  UP TO TWO AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE

  800 PM. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH 1130 PM. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR 

  THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...BEAVER DAM CREEK...FALLING CREEK...AND

  SANDY CREEK.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT

INCLUDE

  STEWARTSVILLE...

  CHAMBLISBBURG...



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS

COULD ALSO CAUSE MORE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3726 7981 3713 7959 3740 7940 3732 7980



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