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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

802 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IS DISSIPATING...BUT RADAR      

  ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN      

  SINCE 630 PM. 





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

GROSSES CREEK AND LITTLE LAUREL CREEK. THIS MAY ALSO IMPACT LOCAL 

ROADS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY 

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY 

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 8171 3666 8158 3675 8151 3675 8171



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