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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1128 AM EST WED NOV 19 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 230 PM EST



* AT 1125 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS       

  REPORTED FLOODING IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE TIMBER     

  RIDGE AREA ALONG ROUTE 11...AND ALSO ON BLACKS CREEK...AND TIMBER  

  CREEK ROAD.  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE LEXINGTON AREA WITH 

  SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 230 PM EST 

INCLUDE   ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...LEXINGTON...COLLIERSTOWN.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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 3776 7964 3766 7949 3771 7936 3788 7918

          3802 7946



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