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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

326 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



VAC077-162030-

GRAYSON VA-

326 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST 

GRAYSON COUNTY...



AT 320 PM EDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STREET FLOODING OCCURRING 

IN THE FRIES AREA OF GRAYSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION...FLOODING OF 

DALTON HOLLOW CREEK WAS ONGOING WITH WATER FLOWING ACROSS WINDING 

ROAD. ANOTHER BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR LIKELY CAUSING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND 

FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE RAPID 

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS 

AND DITCHES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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 3663 8096 3668 8093 3680 8104 3679 8107



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