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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

828 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EST



* AT 825 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF PATRICK      

  COUNTY. THIS COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL       

  LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING THROUGH LATE MORNING.



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

  CHARITY AND BUFFALO RIDGE.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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 3660 8052 3654 8010 3680 8010 3684 8025



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