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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

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WGUS51 KRNK 180558
FFWRNK
VAC017-180900-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0016.130618T0558Z-130618T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
158 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 150 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS FROM
  SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY NEAR CARLOOVER TO DOUTHAT STATE PARK...NORTHWARD TO
  LAKE MOOMAW...BACOVIA JUNCTION...AND WARM SPRINGS...PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT
  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MUCH OF THIS AREA DURING
  THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS...AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST IN
  THIS AREA FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY. THIS FLOODING WILL IMPACT WILSON CREEK AND DRY RUN CREEK
  AT A MINIMUM.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA MAY CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
  STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
  AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WARM SPRINGS...
  HOT SPRINGS...
  INGALLS FIELD...
  CALLISON...
  AND BACOVA JUNCTION.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3800 7967 3787 7972 3788 7974 3788 7981
      3789 7987 3791 7990 3795 7993 3796 7995
      3804 7992 3807 7980
$$

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