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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

422 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE WARNED 

  AREA.



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

  ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...FAIRFIELD...CORNWALL AND BROWNSBURG



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS...COMBINING WITH 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO 

THIS EVENING...WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



FLOODING WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AND BUENA 

VISTA...WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 

GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED...AND WATER LEVELS ARE ALREADY 

HIGH...SO ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN 

THE WARNED AREA.  



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 3784 7951 3775 7933 3789 7916 3803 7939



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