FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1024 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1245 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE...THE CITY OF SALEM...
ROANOKE AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES...
AT 1020 AM EST...SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY INCLUDING SOUTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY. THE
FOLLOWING CREESKS ARE FLOODING...GLADE AND TINKER CREEK.
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH CREEKS ANDS STREAMS
EXPECTED TO RECEDE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ROADS ARE REPORTED CLOSED
IN PORTIONS OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY DUE TO FLOODING.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 7979 3768 7967 3766 7969 3754 7951
      3749 7967 3740 7981 3738 7979 3732 7984
      3723 7986 3714 7996 3718 8003 3713 8016
      3723 8019 3734 8026 3743 8006 3755 7996
      3764 8000 3779 7983
$$

FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 646 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1245 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

Expires:200912091745;;
WGUS41 KRNK 091146
FLWRNK
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
646 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
VAC023-161-770-775-091745-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF SALEM VA-CITY OF ROANOKE VA-BOTETOURT VA-ROANOKE VA-
646 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1245 PM EST.
* AT 644 AM EST RUNOFF FROM UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT IS
  CAUSING SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* TINKER CREEK WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODING IN VINTON. FLOODING OF
  OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 7979 3768 7967 3766 7969 3754 7951
      3749 7967 3740 7981 3738 7979 3732 7984
      3723 7986 3714 7996 3718 8003 3713 8016
      3723 8019 3734 8026 3743 8006 3755 7996
      3764 8000 3779 7983
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 758 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 800 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WIND ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
$$

WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 932 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RACE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES TO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.STRONG WINDS AROUND THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-091045-
/O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0020.091209T1100Z-091210T0000Z/
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO...
YADKINVILLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...
ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...
LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE
932 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50
MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BUT
GUSTS STRONG ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TREES COULD OCCUR INTO THE
PIEDMONT GIVEN THE VERY WET SOIL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$