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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

751 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HINTON



* UNTIL 1045 AM EST



* AT 748 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SUMMERS COUNTY.  AN AUTOMATED    

  RAIN GAGE REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE     

  LAST 12 HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE  

  IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  THE LITTLE BLUESTONE RIVER...MADAM CREEK 

  IN HINTON...AND LAUREL BRANCH ARE ALL LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH   

  FLOODING...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE 

  COUNTY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      

  TALCOTT...JUMPING BRANCH...ELTON...ELLISON AND BUCK.



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.



PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...INCLUDING CREEKS AND STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS...FLOODED ROADS OR MUDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.2 1 5...4

3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3761 8104 3748 8088 3772 8068 3786 8079



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