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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

726 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FALLING SPRING...OR ABOUT

  NEAR RENICK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



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

  TROUT...WILLIAMSBURG AND FRANKFORD.



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

630 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST OVER THE SPRING 

CREEK BASIN WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH EXPECTED. 



THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SPRING CREEK...AND OTHER SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS BETWEEN LEONARD 

AND RENICK. COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...CAN ALSO EXPECT TO IMPACTED BY FLOODING.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 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 3804 8020 3814 8044 3792 8056 3788 8028



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