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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

359 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN FALLING THE PAST FEW HOURS BETWEEN

  SUGAR GROVE...TROUTDALE AND FLAT RIDGE. ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN ARE INDICATED IN THIS STEEP TERRAIN REGION. AN ADDITIONAL

  ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO IS VERY PROMISING. 

  FLASH FLOODING IS HIGHLY LIKELY IN THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY ALONG

  THE FOX CREEK AND MIDDLE FOX CREEK IN GRAYSON COUNTY...AND STREAM 

  TRIBUTARIES INTO THE HOLSTON RIVER IN SMYTH COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR GROVE

  ...FLAT RIDGE...TROUTDALE AND FOX.



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. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK

AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3669 8144 3665 8133 3673 8132 3678 8140

      3674 8145



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