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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

834 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIUONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL REPORTED OTTER 

  CREEK IN SOUTHWEST AMHERST COUNTY COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS. A 

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN 

  BEDFORD COUNTY WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY. THIS WILL 

  BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 10:00 PM...AND 

  COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1130 PM EDT INCLUDE

  OTTER CREEK...

  OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND...

  PEDLAR MILLS...



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 3762 7941 3752 7926 3777 7918 3775 7928



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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

834 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL REPORTED OTTER 

  CREEK IN SOUTHWEST AMHERST COUNTY COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS. A 

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN 

  BEDFORD COUNTY WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY. THIS WILL 

  BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 10:00 PM...AND 

  COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1130 PM EDT INCLUDE

  OTTER CREEK...

  OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND...

  PEDLAR MILLS...



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 3762 7941 3752 7926 3777 7918 3775 7928



$$



...CORRECTED LOCATION AREA OF COUNTY FOR WARNING...



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