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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

446 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOSCOE...OR ABOUT NEAR

  BLOWING ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING LOCATIONS IMPACTED       

  INCLUDE...



  BLOWING ROCK... 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 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 3629 8176 3613 8187 3607 8174 3609 8158



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