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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

948 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF 

  THE COUNTY. THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE INCHES

  ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND THAT SINCE 800 PM ONE AND A HALF

  TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES

  OF RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL CAUSE SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING ALONG MANY

  STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN HALF...

  INCLUDING URBAN FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1215 AM EDT INCLUDE

  MONETA...

  BEDFORD...

  COLEMAN FALLS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3749 7930 3741 7926 3710 7948 3716 7965

          3727 7968 3754 7945



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