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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1134 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT.



* AT 1131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  PENHOOK TO FIGSBORO TO CHARITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARARAT...OR

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PENHOOK TO SYDNORSVILLE TO WOOLWINE TO

  FRANCISCO...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH.



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

  STUART...SNOW CREEK...SAGO...PHILPOTT DAM...CRITZ...SANVILLE...

  BASSETT...STANLEYTOWN...PENNS STORE...FIELDALE...SPENCER...

  COLLINSVILLE...VILLA HEIGHTS...HORSE PASTURE...MARTINSVILLE CITY...

  MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...CHATMOSS...LEATHERWOOD...MOUNTAIN VALLEY...

  RIDGEWAY AND AXTON



RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SCATTERED LOCATIONS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3656 8057 3678 8035 3688 8006 3716 7973

      3704 7959 3698 7961 3695 7961 3695 7962

      3679 7965 3655 7973

TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 267DEG 12KT 3702 7953 3682 7984

          3678 8022 3653 8043



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