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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

611 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A SLOW MOVING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR RADFORD VIRGINIA...WHICH

  WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN

  IS EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN RADFORD AND CHRISTIANSBURG...IN AN

  AREA WHERE THE GROUND IS VERY WET AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

  SHAWSVILLE...PRICES FORK...MERRIMAC...MC DONALDS MILL...

  ELLISTON...CHRISTIANSBURG...AND BLACKSBURG.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN 

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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 3735 8026 3731 8026 3723 8019 3713 8018

      3708 8029 3703 8035 3702 8045 3698 8049

      3701 8052 3698 8053 3705 8056 3705 8054

      3707 8055 3711 8060 3714 8053 3719 8056

      3721 8062 3724 8061 3727 8052 3736 8034



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