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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

107 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 105 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG TINKER CREEK

  AND GLADE CREEK...RESULTING IN FLOODED ROADS IN THE VINTON AREA...

  INCLUDING WALNUT AND 8TH STREETS. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS LONG ENDED

  TINKER CREEK WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH 200 AM...AND CONTINUE

  THE FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND VINTON AND THE NORTHEAST SIDE 

  OF ROANOKE CITY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 300 AM EDT INCLUDE

  ROANOKE...

  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. DO NOT CROSS BARRICADES...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE SET

UP FOR YOUR SAFETY. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



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 3731 7987 3723 7986 3722 7995 3725 8002

          3731 8001 3733 7997 3736 7996



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