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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

804 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BEDFORD 

  COUNTY BETWEEN SEDALIA AND BIG ISLAND. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY 

  DUMPED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BRING AN 

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 900 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

  FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1100 PM EDT INCLUDE

  BIG ISLAND...

  SEDALIA...

  STONY CREEK...

  NORTH OTTER CREEK...



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 3760 7942 3746 7926 3734 7942 3742 7964

          3750 7955



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