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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

109 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  NORTHEASTERN GALAX IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 715 PM EST



* AT 105 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SYLVATUS...LAUREL FORK...HILLSVILLE...GLADESBORO...GALAX HILLSVILLE

  AIRPORT...DUGSPUR AND BYLLESBY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN 

OVER CARROLL COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA RANGE FROM TWO 

TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCH...AND UP TO ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BY MID 

TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE RAIN FINALLY TAPERS OFF.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IN URBAN 

AREAS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 3658 8084 3658 8068 3669 8049 3690 8061

      3681 8102



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