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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

212 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* AT 200 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.

  UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2:00 AND 5:00 AM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BLUEFIELD...RICHLANDS...TAZEWELL...AND BLAND. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3725 8174 3721 8167 3721 8154 3729 8140

      3741 8132 3741 8086 3734 8086 3728 8100

      3719 8085 3711 8093 3707 8092 3702 8111

      3705 8123 3696 8138 3702 8149 3694 8168

      3697 8170 3697 8177 3711 8189 3714 8190



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