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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

926 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA  

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EST



* AT 924 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH INTO ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE      

  WARNED AREA. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY

  AROUND GOSHEN AND IRISH GAP THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKBRIDGE

  BATHS...FAIRFIELD...COLLIERSTOWN AND BROWNSBURG.



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.



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 3772 7965 3759 7950 3791 7921 3801 7947



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