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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

000
WGUS51 KRNK 192345
FFWRNK
VAC077-200145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0011.130519T2345Z-130520T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
745 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 734 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA. RAINFALL OF
  2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS GRAYSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA FROM ELK CREEK TO MOUNT
  ROGERS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...IF IT HAS
  NOT ALREADY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY NOW...
WITH A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
GRAYSON COUNTY...WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH IN THE WESTERN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS NEARBY COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND NOW.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 8165 3662 8161 3664 8160 3666 8155
      3668 8153 3674 8138 3676 8127 3677 8109
      3680 8106 3675 8100 3666 8104 3657 8117
      3659 8167
$$

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