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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1144 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005



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BUCKINGHAM VA-

1144 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR BUCKINGHAM

COUNTY...



AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

SINCE 1100 PM...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL IS IN 

ADDITION TO RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE EVENING...BRINGING THE 

TOTAL RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY TO BETWEEN 4 AND 7 

INCHES. 



AT 1145 PM...STREAMS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO THE GREATEST FLOOD RISK 

WERE THOSE SURROUNDING THE COMMUNITY OF CENTENTARY. SINCE 600 

PM...THE FOLLOWING STREAMS HAVE AVERAGED OVER 3.50 INCHES OF 

RAIN...LITTLE GEORGIA CREEK...SHARPS CREEK...MAXEYS CREEK...AND 

STADON CREEK.  THESE STREAMS ARE LIKELY OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  ROADS 

THAT PASS OVER OR NEAR THESE CREEKS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY 

FLOODING.  PERSONS LIVING NEAR THESE STREAMS SHOULD PREPARE FOR 

FLASH FLOODING. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3754 7867 3751 7851 3773 7840 3775 7855



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