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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1257 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEASTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.



* AT 1255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRICE...OR NEAR SPENCER...

  MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



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

  MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...PENNS STORE...HORSE PASTURE...CHATMOSS...

  MARTINSVILLE CITY...CRITZ...VILLA HEIGHTS...FIELDALE...

  COLLINSVILLE...SANVILLE...STANLEYTOWN...FIGSBORO...BASSETT AND

  PHILPOTT DAM



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



WATER PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR ALONG STATE ROUTE 626...ABRAMS PENN HIGHWAY

AND STATE ROUTE 694...HARDIN REYNOLDS ROAD...JUST EAST OF CRITZ IN 

PATRICK COUNTY. 



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. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO BE AT RISK FOR 

WATER PROBLEMS.



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.



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 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 3679 8023 3679 7978 3655 7979 3647 7978

      3645 7998 3654 7998 3653 8026

TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 166DEG 14KT 3657 7997



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