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WGUS71 KRNK 261350

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

947 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



VAC163-678-261545-

CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

947 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR 

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...



AT 944 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG THE MAURY RIVER AND 

SMALLER STREAMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3767 7967 3767 7944 3786 7926 3800 7949



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