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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

838 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



VAC077-173-100200-

GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-

838 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR SMYTH AND

GRAYSON COUNTIES...



AT 835 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

CONTINUES IN THE TOWN OF SUGAR GROVE...SMYTH COUNTY. THE WATER

HAS RECEDED A LITTLE...BUT WAS STILL BEING DESCRIBED AS SIGNIFICANT

BY OFFICALS.



ROADS THAT REMAIN FLOODED INCLUDE FLAT CREEK ROAD...BOTTOM LANE...

AND SUGAR GROVE HIGHWAY. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED DOWNSTREAM OF

SUGAR GROVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF TEAS.



NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM GRAYSON COUNTY. THE

WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT HOWEVER AS THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED

THE WARNING FELL IN A RURAL AREA...AND THE FLOODING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN

DISCOVERED AS OF YET.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR GROVE

AND FLAT RIDGE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3669 8144 3665 8133 3673 8132 3678 8140

      3674 8145



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