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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

230 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005



VAC009-292115-

AMHERST VA-

230 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR

AMHERST COUNTY...



AT 225 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 2 TO 3 FEET 

OF WATER OVER WOODSON ROAD ALONG THE PINEY RIVER. THERE WAS ALSO 

FLOODING REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF ROUTE 60 AND 635. THE USGS PINEY 

RIVER GAGE AT PINEY RIVER WAS AT 7.46 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. 

THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH MINOR RISES COULD 

STILL TAKE PLACE AS ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OCCURS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO A INCH ARE POSSIBLE AS STORMS CONTINUE 

TO FORM IN ADVANCE OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORKS OF 

BUFFALO...PINEY GROVE...LOWESVILLE...CLIFFORD AND ALTO.



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 3760 7939 3746 7912 3761 7896 3778 7923



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