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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1103 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  SALTVILLE...CHILHOWIE...BROADFORD AND ALLISON GAP.



FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG STREAMS THAT FLOW INTO THE MIDDLE 

AND NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER.



STREET FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN CHILHOWIE AND SALTVILLE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3692 8181 3669 8163 3673 8147 3697 8155

      3693 8166



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