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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

744 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EST



* AT 744 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE 

  SALTVILLE...CHILHOWIE...SUGAR GROVE AND MARION AREAS. RADAR

  SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE 

  COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH 9:30 AM. 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. AN 

  ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE

  ONGOING FLOODING. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH...

  MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS OF THE HOLSTON RIVER IS ALSO LIKELY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1045 AM EST INCLUDE

  SUGAR GROVE...

  SALTVILLE...

  CHILHOWIE...

  MARION...

  GROSECLOSE...

  BROADFORD...



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 3699 8149 3697 8142 3694 8140 3679 8129

          3667 8160 3691 8177 3695 8163 3696 8162



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