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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

431 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.



* AT 423 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN WOOLWINE IN PATRICK COUNTY.



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

  MOUNTAIN...ROCKY KNOB RECREATION AREA...ROCKY KNOB SUMMIT...MABRY

  MILL...FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...FERRUM...ENDICOTT...CALLAWAY...

  FLOYD...COPPER HILL...CHECK...LAUREL FORK...GLADESBORO...FANCY

  GAP...WOOLWINE...MEADOWS OF DAN...CHARITY AND BUFFALO RIDGE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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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      3677 8009 3655 8005 3655 8043



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