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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1145 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1143 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 2

  MILES SOUTH OF ORISKANY...OR ABOUT OVER ORISKANY. THE STORM        

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAIN GAGE REPORTS 

  INDICATE ALMOST 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE AROUND 1030 PM.

  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT DURATION MAY PROMPT FLASH 

  FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...   ORISKANY...



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...ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE PATTERSON CREEK 

AND CRAIG CREEK. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG ROUTE 184 IN THE 

JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST.



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 3755 7985 3767 7991 3765 8002 3752 7995



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