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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1014 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 115 PM EST



* AT 1013 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE         

  EXPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTY WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

  A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN NEAR THE

  PEAKS OF OTTER SINCE LAST NIGHT.



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

  COLEMAN FALLS...BOONSBORO AND BIG ISLAND.



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 3720 7975 3713 7943 3745 7923 3757 7944

      3737 7972



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