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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
802 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EST THURSDAY
* AT 754 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS AND 
  MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE 
  FOOTHILLS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL SOON MOVE EAST INTO PARTS OF THE 
  PIEDMONT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LYNCHBURG CITY...MARTINSVILLE CITY...CONCORD...EVINGTON...FOREST...
  HUDDLESTON...MONETA...BEDFORD CITY...SYDNORSVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...
  SPENCER...AMHERST...AXTON...CALLANDS...CHATHAM...BASSETT...
  FERRUM...HURT...RUSTBURG...GRETNA...RIDGEWAY...PENHOOK...BOONES 
  MILL...ELON...MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...CASCADE...AIKEN SUMMIT...
  MADISON HEIGHTS...BOCOCK AND STONEWALL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ON ROADWAYS AND 
UNDERPASSES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND 
DON'T DROWN! STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER 
GROUND NOW.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE THE 
FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND 
QUICKLY.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 
RISING.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS 
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
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LAT...LON 3752 7882 3654 7957 3655 8017 3706 8008
      3745 7943 3762 7896 3759 7892 3754 7890
      3754 7885
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