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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

445 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ASHE 

  COUNTY IN AN AREA BETWEEN LANSING AND NELLA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 

  HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY...AND THIS WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...



  LANSING...

  NELLA...

  SHATLEY SPRINGS...

  GRASSY CREEK...

  FLATWOOD...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS LIKELY TO FLOOD 

INCLUDE...LITTLE AND BIG HORSE CREEKS...BIG WINDFALL BRANCH AND 

PINEY CREEK.



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 8167 3641 8173 3637 8125 3657 8137



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