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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

816 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 811 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  DAM...LAWSONVILLE...YANCEYVILLE...WENTWORTH  

  REIDSVILLE...PROSPECT HILL...PELHAM...OREGON   

  HILL...MAYFIELD...LEASBURG...JERICHO...HIGHTOWERS...HAMER... 

  GATEWOOD...EDEN...DRAPER...BAYNES...WESTOVER 

  HILLS...RIDGEWAY...MOUNTAIN VALLEY...MARTINSVILLE   

  CITY...DANVILLE CITY...COLLINSVILLE...CHATMOSS... 

  BASSETT...AXTON.



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.



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 3625 8000 3654 8003 3655 8004 3662 8004

      3676 8009 3679 8005 3679 8004 3682 8000

      3679 7978 3679 7970 3656 7921 3655 7921

      3653 7915 3624 7917



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