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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

722 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALTO

  TO NAOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF FORKS OF

  BUFFALO TO BIG ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

  PLEASANT VIEW...LOWESVILLE AND ELON



ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

WESTNER HALF OF AMHERST COUNTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BRINGING AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES.



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...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY. SOME SPECIFIC CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT WILL FLOOD 

INCLUDE...CEDAR CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK....AND LONG BRANCH.



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.



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 3778 7918 3780 7925 3775 7928 3758 7941

      3753 7932 3748 7919 3769 7904 3779 7915



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