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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
515 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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CAMPBELL VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
515 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.

* AT 515 AM EDT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT BROUGHT SMALL 
  CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS WHICH CLOSED SOME ROADS WITH HIGH WATER. 
  ROADS REPORTED CLOSED WERE DEWS ROAD...FARMER ROAD...NORTH MEADOWS 
  ROAD...AND JOHNSON MILL ROAD. OTHER ROADS IN THE AREA MAY HAVE 
  HIGH WATER AS WELL. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SO HIGH WATER LEVELS 
  SHOULD BE SLOWLY RECEDING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. WATER LEVELS 
ON AREA STREAMS SHOULD SLOWLY RECEDE. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.

RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3712 7906 3694 7942 3701 7946 3701 7947
      3702 7946 3704 7946 3723 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 180DEG 0KT 3709 7935

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