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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

345 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  GATE...THESSALIA...POPLAR HILL AND BANE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

WALKER CREEK...AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW 

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN 

BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID 

STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THESE AREAS.



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 3717 8084 3721 8073 3723 8070 3729 8071

      3725 8089



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