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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

645 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA.



* THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS OF    

  IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF ORISKANY.



CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AT AN AUTOMATED GAGE 

NEAR ORISKANY SINCE 515 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 800 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. FURNACE BRANCH...AND THOSE CREEKS FEEDING INTO 

CRAIG CREEK...AS WELL AS CRAIG CREEK...WILL FLOOD.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO 

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS AROUND CRAIG CREEK SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND. 



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 3762 8003 3754 7996 3758 7989 3772 7987

      3764 8003



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