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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

123 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 AM EST



* AT 121 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WIRTZ...

  CALLAWAY...BURNT CHIMNEY AND BOONES MILL.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THREE HOURS

HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN. LOOK FOR THIS HEAVY RAIN TO

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE 

COUNTY. THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD...

GREEN CREEK...BLACKWATER RIVER AND MAGGODEE CREEK. 



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.



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 3688 8018 3684 8002 3691 7992 3718 7971

      3722 7982 3713 7996 3714 8007 3698 8010



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