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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

511 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.



* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RUPERT...RORER...RENICK...MEADOW BLUFF...   

  MAXWELTON...LEONARD...FRANKFORD. CREEKS MOST IMPACTED INCLUDED     

  LAUREL BRANCH AND MILL CREEK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3815 8036 3812 8036 3808 8031 3791 8019

      3769 8088 3775 8092 3777 8090 3782 8094

      3784 8092 3787 8076 3794 8081 3825 8043

TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 180DEG 0KT 3785 8075



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