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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

715 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL 

  RAINS OVER LYNCHBURG CITY.  RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN IN THE CITY SINCE 615 PM.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS HIGHLY 

  LIKELY THROUGH 8 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1015 PM EDT INCLUDE

  LYNCHBURG CITY...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3744 7914 3739 7911 3737 7921 3747 7923



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