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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1125 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...BOONES MILL

  ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROANOKE



* UNTIL 230 PM EST



* AT 1124 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING  

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE AND VINTON.  SOME STREET 

  FLOODING WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED AT THE INTERSECT OF BALDWIN AND   

  WALNUT.  



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

  VINTON...ROANOKE AIRPORT...CAVE SPRING AND CALLAWAY.



NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS ACROSS THE 

COUNTIES OF ROANOKE AND FRANKLIN.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A 

QUARTER TO HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 12:30 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.



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 3733 8001 3700 8011 3699 7987 3733 7988



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