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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

203 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

  WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING OVER THE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST IN THE

  EASTERN PART. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG WOLF ISLAND CREEK...NORTH OF REIDSVILLE...AND WILL AFFECT

  LOCATIONS ALONG WOLF ISLAND AND OREGON HILL ROAD.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE...HARRISONS

  CROSSROADS...LAWSONVILLE...OREGON HILL AND RUFFIN...



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 3653 7952 3633 7956 3635 7976 3653 7967



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