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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

225 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EST.



* AT 218 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN     

  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  WYLLIESBURG...WREN...SOUTH BOSTON...SCOTTSBURG...SAXE...

  RED HOUSE...KEYSVILLE...HALIFAX...ELMO...BROOKNEAL...

  AND CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3690 7849 3671 7864 3663 7854 3663 7858

      3669 7866 3667 7869 3654 7874 3654 7914

      3624 7916 3625 7953 3656 7930 3703 7912

      3720 7883 3725 7868 3720 7868 3720 7864

      3713 7860 3708 7844



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