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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

938 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.



* AT 932 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A TROPICAL RAIN BAND REMAINS OVER MUCH OF

  HALIFAX COUNTY. THIS RAIN BAND WILL BE LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

  RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE

  RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA. 



* THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST 

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...AND ALSO PARTS OF HALIFAX COUNTY.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS 

HALIFAX COUNTY.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3669 7866 3654 7874 3654 7914 3624 7917

      3624 7953 3656 7951 3705 7910 3703 7904

      3704 7897 3702 7890 3698 7889 3699 7882

      3696 7879 3699 7875 3702 7875 3692 7875

      3686 7867 3675 7867 3675 7869 3664 7855



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