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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

322 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



VAC009-019-515-680-060045-

CITY OF BEDFORD VA-CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-AMHERST VA-BEDFORD VA-

322 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR 

BEDFORD AND AMHERST COUNTY...INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF 

LYNCHBURG AND BEDFORD...



AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS DIMINISHING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER... 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING FURTHER 

WEST OVER WESTERN VIRGINIA...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO BEDFORD AND 

AMHERST COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  



RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED...SO ANY ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

SEDALIA...PLEASANT VIEW...ORONOCO...NAOLA...MADISON HEIGHTS...

LYNCHBURG CITY...FORKS OF BUFFALO...FALCONERVILLE...ELON...COLEMAN

FALLS...BOONSBORO...BIG ISLAND...AMHERST 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3709 7957 3710 7945 3743 7921 3737 7918

      3755 7892 3779 7923 3747 7954 3741 7973

      3730 7984



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WERT

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WGUS71 KRNK 051927

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

322 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



VAC009-019-515-680-060045-

CITY OF BEDFORD VA-CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-AMHERST VA-BEDFORD VA-

322 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR 

BEDFORD AND AMHERST COUNTY...INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF 

LYNCHBURG AND BEDFORD...



AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS DIMINISHING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER... 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING FURTHER 

WEST OVER WESTERN VIRGINIA...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO BEDFORD AND 

AMHERST COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  



RECENT HEAVY RAIN HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED...SO ANY ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

SEDALIA...PLEASANT VIEW...ORONOCO...NAOLA...MADISON HEIGHTS...

LYNCHBURG CITY...FORKS OF BUFFALO...FALCONERVILLE...ELON...COLEMAN

FALLS...BOONSBORO...BIG ISLAND...AMHERST 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3709 7957 3710 7945 3743 7921 3737 7918

      3755 7892 3779 7923 3747 7954 3741 7973

      3730 7984



$$



WERT

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