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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

605 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF JORDAN MINES...

  OR ABOUT NEAR ORISKANY. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  COVINGTON CITY...HOLLINS AND CLIFTON FORGE CITY



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.



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 3761 8011 3766 8004 3765 8003 3770 7992

      3780 7979 3787 7988 3767 8017



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