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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

616 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHLANDS. THE STORM      

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

  2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. THE IFLOWS GAGE AT     

  CHRISTMAS TREE HILL HAS REPORTED 2.60 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN    

  SINCE 5:00 PM.



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

  BURKE...CLAYPOOL HILL...CEDAR BLUFF...JEWELL RIDGE...BANDY AND

  CLIFFIELD



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 3701 8179 3705 8164 3723 8174 3714 8189



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