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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

446 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005



VAC071-102245-

GILES VA-

446 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR GILES

COUNTY...



AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINS FALLING ALONG CREEKS THAT FEED INTO WALKER 

CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE 300 PM IN THE WALKER CREEK AREA...BETWEEN WHITE 

GATE AND POPLAR HILL. WITH RAIN PERSISTING...EXPECT FLASH FLOODING 

OF WALKER CREEK TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE POPLAR HILL AREA.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

THESSALIA AND BANE.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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.



LAT...LON 3717 8084 3721 8072 3723 8070 3729 8071

      3725 8089



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