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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

514 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT



* AT 500 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS  

  HAVE LEFT THE AREA...HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS CONTINUES  

  TO BRING CREEKS AND STREAMS ABOVE THEIR BANKS. LOCAL LAW           

  ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE CLOSED A FEW ROADS ALONG BUFFALO AND     

  MATRIMONY CREEKS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. MATRIMONY CREEK WAS CAUSING 

  SERIOUS FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 770 AND 135 IN      

  EDEN. 



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

  STONEVILLE AND EDEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3655 7971 3645 7971 3643 8001 3654 8001



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