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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

457 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CLIFTON FORGE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY. RADAR

  ESTIMATES THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN JUST SOUTH 

  OF COVINGTON SINCE 400 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 730 PM EDT INCLUDE

  COVINGTON CITY...

  IDLEWILDE...

  RICH PATCH...



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.



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 3787 7975 3774 7992 3764 8009 3793 8001



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