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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

554 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR NELLA...OR ABOUT OVER

  LANSING. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY...  

  BETWEEN LANSING AND NELLA CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ALONG HELTON      

  CREEK...BIG HORSE CREEK...AND JERD BRANCH.



IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CROSS 

FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3658 8160 3648 8160 3645 8137 3657 8143



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