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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

712 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TRAINING OVER NORTHEASTERN 

STOKES COUNTY. THE CROOKED CREEK BASIN HAS RECEIVED 2.5 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CROOKED CREEK TO 

FLOOD.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 915 PM EDT INCLUDE

  SANDY RIDGE...

  AMOSTOWN...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3654 8003 3641 8010 3645 8025 3654 8020



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