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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1024 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 130 PM EST



* AT 1022 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE   

  REGION. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE

  FLASH FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH EARLY THIS         

  AFTERNOON. 



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

  HILL...CENTENARY AND BUCKINGHAM.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3755 7880 3739 7848 3767 7827 3774 7857



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