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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

605 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.



* AT 600 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA HAD ENDED.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATHENS...

  CAMP CREEK STATE PARK...WENONAH...SPANISHBURG...LERONA...FLAT

  TOP...DUNNS AND CAMP CREEK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LIKELY CAUSED FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA HAS LIKELY CAUSED FLOODING 

ALONG PAYNE BRANCH... HALES BRANCH AND THE EAST RIVER. THESE CREEKS 

CONVERGE IN THE OAKVALE AREA. ALSO...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE BLUESTONE BASIN IN AND NEAR SPANISHBURG. TRIBUTARIES 

OF THE BLUESTONE RIVER MAY REMAIN HIGH THROUGH 800 PM.



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 3742 8130 3742 8129 3743 8130 3748 8128

      3760 8109 3757 8105 3747 8090 3742 8085

      3739 8088 3738 8087 3731 8091 3738 8132

TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 180DEG 0KT 3742 8100



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