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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

125 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF PATRICK COUNTY. RADAR 

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR. AUTOMATED 

  RAIN GAGES SHOWED NEARLY 3 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR AT BUSTED ROCK 

  NORTH OF STUART. BOTH RUSSELL CREEK AND LITTLE SYCAMORE CREEK HAD 

  2.5 INCHES OF RAIN AND WERE LIKELY TO FLOOD.



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

  STUART...CRITZ...WOOLWINE AND CHARITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



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 3657 8040 3657 8015 3665 8006 3682 8023

      3667 8046



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