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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

539 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EST.



* AT 535 PM EST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG THE 

WATAUGA RIVER JUST WEST OF FOSCOE. DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE AREA. 



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

  CRUCIS...TODD...SUGAR GROVE...SILVERSTONE...SANDS...RUTHERWOOD...

  ROMINGER...REESE...PEORIA...MEAT CAMP...LOVILL...DEEP GAP...BEECH

  MOUNTAIN AND BOONE



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.



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 ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



LAT...LON 3634 8182 3633 8172 3639 8174 3634 8163

      3628 8157 3624 8148 3619 8145 3611 8155

      3610 8180 3616 8182 3621 8191 3629 8191

TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 180DEG 0KT 3620 8169



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