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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

450 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 AM EST



* AT 450 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

  OF HEAVY RAIN LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SMYTH COUNTY. RAINFALL GAGES

  INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING

  THE PAST 6 HOURS. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN

  THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.

  THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 745 AM EST INCLUDE

  SUGAR GROVE...

  CHILHOWIE...



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 3699 8142 3677 8128 3668 8163 3693 8180



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