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

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ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-PATRICK VA-HENRY VA-
645 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
  SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.

* AT 645 AM EDT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF 
  FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT MAY HAVE BROUGHT SMALL CREEKS OUT OF    
  THEIR BANKS. ONE ROAD WAS REPORTED CLOSED BY HIGH WATER...ROUTE 
  770 NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. OTHER ROADS IN 
  THE AREA MAY HAVE WATER ON THEM AS WELL. ANY HIGH WATER LEVELS IN 
  THE AREA 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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3627 8045 3661 8042 3677 8011 3656 8002
      3661 7980 3654 7969 3652 7951 3624 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 180DEG 0KT 3643 8007

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