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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
614 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...

  ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES


FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER...INCLUDING RANDOLPH...MINOR FLOODING IS 
FORECAST.

THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH WILL CONTINUE TO RISE IN RESPONSE TO
RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER 
THAN YOU THINK.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

 
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614 PM EDT FRI MAY 09 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 05PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...20.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 21.6 FEET BY 2:00 AM SATURDAY. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.5 FEET ON NOV 18 
  2006.

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