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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

228 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTH CENTRAL SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.



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

  BIG AND LITTLE HORSE CREEK AND NEARBY ROADS. HELTON CREEK AND 

  SILAS CREEK. BIG WILSON CREEK AND THE COMMUNITY OF RUGBY. WHITETOP.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN ABOUT AN HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES...FARMLANDS...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING SPOTS. ROADSIDE CULVERTS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED...ROCKSLIDES 

AND MUDSLIDES MAY ALSO OCCUR. 



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 3648 8171 3653 8171 3660 8168 3663 8161

      3664 8163 3677 8169 3681 8173 3683 8169

      3655 8112 3622 8136 3640 8173 3642 8174



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