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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1038 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

  LIKELY. 



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

  VISTA AND NATURAL BRIDGE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3781 7924 3761 7943 3761 7946 3759 7945

      3754 7951 3756 7956 3759 7958 3760 7958

      3768 7968 3787 7949

TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 180DEG 0KT 3774 7942



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