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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

703 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



* AT 656 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING TROPICAL RAIN BAND OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.



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

  PLEASANT VIEW...ORONOCO...NEW GLASGOW...NEW CANTON...LOWESVILLE...

  GOLD HILL...FORKS OF BUFFALO...CLIFFORD...CENTENARY...AMHERST AND

  ALTO



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



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 3733 7849 3740 7859 3739 7863 3758 7884

      3740 7907 3737 7920 3746 7922 3747 7919

      3759 7939 3780 7925 3779 7908 3772 7906

      3756 7889 3765 7882 3764 7874 3770 7870

      3769 7867 3776 7863 3778 7849 3769 7825



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