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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

224 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



* AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN GRAYSON           

  COUNTY FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. 



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

  GROVE...TROUTDALE AND FLATRIDGE...INCLUDING MILL AND RIPSHIN CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3682 8131 3668 8122 3659 8150 3672 8157



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