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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

745 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT



* AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED JUST OVER 

  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG RICH CREEK IN THE NORTHERN 

  PART MERCER COUNTY BETWEEN SPANISHBURG AND BEESON SINCE 600 AM.  

  ALSO UP TO 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN ALONG THE WIDEMOUTH CREEK NEAR 

  MITOKA.  

  ADDITIONAL RAIN COMING OUT OF RALEIGH AND WYOMING COUNTIES COULD

  PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL BY 900 AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1045 AM EDT INCLUDE

  SPANISHBURG...

  MITOKA...



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 3761 8113 3742 8088 3732 8109 3733 8132

          3750 8126



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