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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

516 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT



* AT 514 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH HEAVY RAIN SMYTH COUNTY...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. RADAR

  ALSO HAS INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER NORTHERN SMYTH COUNTY SINCE 230 AM. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF

  RAIN THROUGH 7 AM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF THE FOLLOWING CREEKS

  AND STREAMS...LICK CREEK...SPROUTS CREEK...ROBERTSON BRANCH...AND OTHER

  CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 815 AM EDT INCLUDE

  MARION...

  NEBO...

  CHATHAM HILL...

  ALLISON GAP...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3699 8143 3687 8133 3676 8165 3693 8181

          3693 8164



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