

000 

WGUS51 KRNK 300204

FFWRNK

VAC037-300600-

/X.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0025.070730T0202Z-070730T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1002 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAXE AND

  DRAKES BRANCH



ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES HAVE EXCEEDED THREE INCHES...AND AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOLLOWING 

CREEKS...BLUESTONE...HORSEPEN AND REYNOLDS. 



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 3682 7866 3678 7859 3690 7850 3700 7849

      3700 7873



$$



WP



000 

WGUS51 KRNK 300204

FFWRNK

VAC037-300600-

/X.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0025.070730T0202Z-070730T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1002 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAXE AND

  DRAKES BRANCH



ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES HAVE EXCEEDED THREE INCHES...AND AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOLLOWING 

CREEKS...BLUESTONE...HORSEPEN AND REYNOLDS. 



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 3682 7866 3678 7859 3690 7850 3700 7849

      3700 7873



$$



WP

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