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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

247 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THAXTON...

  SNOWDEN...SEDALIA...PLEASANT VIEW...ORONOCO...NAOLA...MONTVALE...

  MONETA...MADISON HEIGHTS...LYNCHBURG CITY...HUDDLESTON...GOODE...

  FORKS OF BUFFALO...FOREST...FALCONERVILLE...ELON...COLEMAN FALLS...

  CLIFFORD...CHAMBLISSBURG...BOONSBORO...BIG ISLAND...BEDFORD CITY...

  AMHERST AND ALTO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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.



ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WILL MOVE INTO THE 

WARNED AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...KEEPING WATER LEVELS HIGH WELL 

INTO THIS EVENING.   



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 3709 7957 3710 7945 3743 7921 3737 7918

      3755 7892 3779 7923 3747 7954 3741 7973

      3730 7984



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