

000 

WGUS51 KRNK 041816

FFWRNK

VAC143-590-042015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

214 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 214 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  OF MANY CREEKS IN AND AROUND DANVILLE...WITH MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES.

  WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  SINCE 100 PM...AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THROUGH 330 PM.

  THIS WILL CONTINUE TO FLASH FLOOD THREAT OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...

  INCLUDING SANDY CREEK AND CANE CREEK.



* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...DANVILLE

  AIRPORT...DRY FORK...KEELING...RINGGOLD...SWANSONVILLE AND WESTOVER

  HILLS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3679 7918 3655 7926 3656 7963 3674 7960



$$



05

