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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

238 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 238 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. 

RAINFALL DURING THE PAST TWELVE HOURS AVERAGED ONE TO THREE INCHES 

ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND RUNOFF FROM STORMS IN 

AUGUSTA COUNTY WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. CREEKS AND STREAM WILL 

COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. SOUTH RIVER AND HAYS WILL LIKELY COME OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS.

  

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 530 AM EDT INCLUDE

  ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...





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 3804 7954 3761 7946 3765 7937 3772 7937

          3777 7936 3788 7917 3808 7948



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