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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

740 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SALEM CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 740 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. EVACUATIONS WERE 

  OCCURRING ALONG MASONS AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN SALEM. 

  EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING IN THE MEADOWBROOK SUBDIVISION ALONG 

  CARVIN CREEK IN ROANOKE CITY.



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

  VINTON...ROANOKE AIRPORT...ROANOKE...POAGES MILL...GLENVAR...CAVE

  SPRING AND BENT MOUNTAIN.



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 3713 8014 3728 7986 3740 8006 3734 8023



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