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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

432 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



VAC071-162230-

GILES VA-

432 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR GILES

COUNTY...



AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

WESTERN GILE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY SLOWLY 

MOVE EAST. RADAR ONE HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES

ARE INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. THE IFLOWS RAIN GAGE AT DISMAL 

REPORTED 3.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEMBROKE...

PEARISBURG...NARROWS...MOUNTAIN LAKE...KIMBALLTON AND EGGLESTON.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO GILES 

COUNTY. WATCH FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG DISMAL...WOLF AND WALKER 

CREEKS.



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 3716 8086 3730 8048 3741 8066 3731 8091

      3722 8093 3721 8086



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