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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1042 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT FRIDAY.



* AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE

  WARNED AREA.



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

  ISLAND...HURT...HODGES AND ALTAVISTA



3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3711 7905 3694 7942 3702 7947 3702 7946

      3703 7946 3722 7919

TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 180DEG 0KT 3702 7938



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