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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

611 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  THESE STROMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH FOR THE NEXT

  HOUR OR SO...AND WILL BRING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN TO 

  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.



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

  CREEK...JORDAN MINES...HOLLINS...EARLEHURST...COVINGTON CITY AND   

  CALLAGHAN.



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. STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF 

COVINGTON IS ALSO LIKELY. 



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.



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 3735 8041 3744 8006 3755 8000 3766 8002

      3772 7992 3789 7980 3791 8008 3780 8019

      3767 8027 3761 8022



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