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000 

WGUS51 KRNK 071243

FFWRNK

VAC011-029-071645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

839 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 836 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ROUTES

  717...636 AND 611 WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED TO HIGH WATER IN

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WINGINA...GOLD HILL...BUCKINGHAM...APPOMATTOX...DILLWYN

  AND CENTENARY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING EXPECTED...WITH THE WATER SATURATING THE 

SOIL AROUND THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF TREES....OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 

MPH IN PARTS OF THE AREA WILL BRING SOME TREES DOWN.



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 3721 7884 3739 7845 3768 7823 3774 7848

      3760 7879 3744 7899



$$



JJ

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000 

WGUS51 KRNK 071243

FFWRNK

VAC011-029-071645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

839 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 836 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ROUTES

  717...636 AND 611 WERE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED TO HIGH WATER IN

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WINGINA...GOLD HILL...BUCKINGHAM...APPOMATTOX...DILLWYN

  AND CENTENARY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING EXPECTED...WITH THE WATER SATURATING THE 

SOIL AROUND THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF TREES....OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 

MPH IN PARTS OF THE AREA WILL BRING SOME TREES DOWN.



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 3721 7884 3739 7845 3768 7823 3774 7848

      3760 7879 3744 7899



$$



JJ

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