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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

114 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT.



* AT 111 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  ROCK STATE PARK...VADE MECUM...STONEVILLE...SANDY RIDGE...PRICE...

  PRESTONVILLE...MEADOWS...MAYODAN...MADISON...LAWSONVILLE...

  INTELLIGENCE...FRANCISCO...EDEN...DRAPER...DILLARD...DANBURY...

  COLLINSTOWN...CAPELLA...AYERSVILLE...STUART...RIDGEWAY...PENNS   

  STORE AND CRITZ.



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.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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 3678 8010 3656 8002 3661 7980 3658 7971

      3655 7971 3655 7963 3653 7955 3625 8002

      3626 8045 3667 8042

TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 180DEG 0KT 3635 8039



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