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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

203 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* AT 200 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR VIRGILINA...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY

  DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND MOVE INTO HALIFAX

  COUNTY.



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

  RIVER STATE PARK...RIDGEWAY...TURBEVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...

  SCOTTSBURG...NATHALIE...MT LAUREL...LEDA...INGRAM...HITESBURG...

  HALIFAX...ELMO...DRYBURG...CRYSTAL HILL...CODY...CLUSTER SPRINGS...

  CLOVER AND ALTON.



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.



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 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 3669 7866 3667 7870 3654 7874 3655 7921

      3655 7922 3705 7910 3703 7904 3704 7897

      3702 7890 3698 7889 3699 7882 3696 7879

      3699 7875 3702 7875 3695 7873 3693 7875

      3686 7867 3674 7868 3664 7855



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