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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

200 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 200 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUART TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF PENNS STORE. THESE 

  STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.

  

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...



  ARARAT...

  PENNS STORE...

  CLAUDVILLE...

  CRITZ...



RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...

AND OVER AN INCH OF RAIN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 3:00 AM.



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. CREEKS LIKELY TO FLOOD INCLUDE PETERS 

CREEK...AND RUSSELL 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 3657 8060 3655 8005 3668 8008 3670 8025



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