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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

638 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY. RADAR

  ALSO SHOWED THAT ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES WERE OCCURRING

  WITH THESE STORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH 

  RIVER...AS WELL AS CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THIS RIVER.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 915 PM EDT INCLUDE

  ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...

  MARLBROOK...

  VESUVIUS...

  RIVERSIDE...

  CORNWALL...



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 3789 7918 3761 7947 3773 7965 3789 7960

          3800 7940



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