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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

736 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA  

  NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA  

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EST



* AT 735 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO TRAIN ACROSS THE REGION. REPORTS     

  FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS IN  

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER    

  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WHICH WILL LEAD TO MORE CREEK FLOODING    

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  STRAIGHTSTONE...PITTSVILLE...NATHALIE...MT AIRY...LEDA...JAVA...

  INGRAM...GRETNA...DRY FORK...CRYSTAL HILL...CODY...CLIMAX...CHATHAM

  AND CHALK LEVEL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 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.



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 3658 7961 3655 7927 3694 7878 3706 7923

      3697 7956



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