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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

114 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORKS OF BUFFALO...CLIFFORD...AMHERST



* UNTIL 415 PM EST



* AT 109 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE CROSSED AMHERST        

  COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN SINCE 11:30 PM.



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

  PLEASANT VIEW...ORONOCO...NEW GLASGOW...LOWESVILLE...

  FALCONERVILLE...ELON AND ALTO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2:00 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3762 7938 3746 7916 3753 7890 3776 7911

          3778 7925



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