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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

749 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 748 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  ACROSS THE CITY OF ROANOKE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES

  HAVE OCCURRED IN ROANOKE COUNTY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR

  SHOWS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MOVING NORTH INTO THE REGION WITH ANOTHER

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. MANY ROADS HAVE BECOME FLOODED DUE

  TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND RAPID RUNOFF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3718 8015 3722 7986 3735 7994 3737 8006



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