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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

337 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.



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

  HILL...STONEWALL...SPOUT SPRING...PLEASANT VIEW...OAKVILLE...NEW

  GLASGOW...LOWESVILLE...FORKS OF BUFFALO...FALCONERVILLE...

  EVERGREEN...ELON...CLIFFORD...APPOMATTOX AND AMHERST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3727 7891 3744 7903 3742 7907 3740 7906

      3763 7938 3779 7916 3779 7909 3772 7907

      3770 7900 3765 7895 3757 7893 3753 7885

      3754 7883 3755 7883 3735 7862



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