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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

304 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 300 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 3:00 AND 6:00 AM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  WYTHEVILLE...MAX MEADOWS...RURAL RETREAT AND MARION.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



STAY ALERT AND STAY AWAKE. MANY LANDSLIDE FATALITIES OCCUR WHEN

PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING. LISTEN TO A RADIO FOR WARNINGS OF INTENSE

RAINFALL. BE AWARE THAT INTENSE SHORT BURSTS OF RAIN MY BE

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY AFTER LONGER PERIODS OF HEAVY

RAINFALL AND DAMP WEATHER.



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. 



&&



LAT...LON 3697 8171 3694 8165 3702 8149 3699 8147

      3701 8144 3696 8137 3705 8120 3702 8111

      3707 8091 3689 8073 3685 8081 3682 8102

      3677 8109 3676 8127 3671 8154 3667 8154

      3663 8162 3679 8169 3693 8183



$$



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