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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

630 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



VAC005-045-580-260100-

CRAIG VA-CITY OF COVINGTON VA-ALLEGHANY VA-

630 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CRAIG

COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF 

COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED 

FROM NEAR COVINGTON...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE PAINT BANK AREA OF 

CRAIG COUNTY...AND ON INTO THE SINKING CREEK AREA. THE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL BRING 

ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN THROUGH 730 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME 

AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JORDAN 

MINES...EARLEHURST...COVINGTON CITY...CALLAGHAN...PAINT BANK AND 

SINKING CREEK. BLUE SPRINGS RUN WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN SOUTHERN 

ALLEGHANY COUNTY...INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 615 IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS 

WHERE IT PARALLELS THE CREEK. IT MAY FLOOD ROUTE 18 NEAR THE TOWN 

BLUE SPRINGS AT THE JUNCTION WITH POTTS CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3741 8045 3735 8028 3755 8008 3766 8001

      3772 7992 3789 7980 3791 8008 3780 8019

      3767 8027 3761 8022



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