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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

509 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 915 AM EDT



* AT 505 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A         

  ROCKSLIDE ACROSS HIGHWAY 219 SOUTH OF LEWISBURG. DOPPLER RADAR     

  INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA    

  WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE     

  COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF QUINWOOD. 



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

  STATE PARK...WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RUPERT...RORER...RENICK...

  QUINWOOD...NEOLA...MEADOW BLUFF...LEONARD...FRANKFORD...FALLING

  SPRING...DUO...ANJEAN AND ALVON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF GREENBRIER 

COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041

      3805 8076



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WGUS51 KRNK 150911

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WVC025-151315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

509 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 915 AM EDT



* AT 505 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A         

  ROCKSLIDE ACROSS HIGHWAY 219 SOUTH OF LEWISBURG. DOPPLER RADAR     

  INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA    

  WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE     

  COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF QUINWOOD. 



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

  STATE PARK...WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RUPERT...RORER...RENICK...

  QUINWOOD...NEOLA...MEADOW BLUFF...LEONARD...FRANKFORD...FALLING

  SPRING...DUO...ANJEAN AND ALVON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF GREENBRIER 

COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041

      3805 8076



$$



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