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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

450 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF WATAUGA

COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. COVE CREEK

CAME OUT OF IT BANKS AND FLOODED STREETS IN ZIONVILLE.  



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 3628 8197 3618 8183 3636 8167 3642 8184



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