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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1115 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1115 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN EASTERN ROANOKE

  COUNTY. GLADE CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AND RISING IN

  VINTON AT 5TH AND WALNUT STREET. WOLF CREEK HAS ALSO COME OUT OF

  ITS BANKS AND HAS FLOODED HARDY ROAD. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY

  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CREATE LOCAL STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS 

  OF ROANOKE CITY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 115 AM EDT INCLUDE

  ROANOKE...

  AND VINTON.



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 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 3721 8019 3734 8030 3743 8009 3733 7984

          3722 7984 3713 7996 3717 8003 3711 8018



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