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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

735 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



VAC019-515-220145-

CITY OF BEDFORD VA-BEDFORD VA-

735 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR 

CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD...



AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD. HOWEVER NUMEROUS 

STREETS WERE CLOSED DOWNTOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER AND AT LEAST ONE 

CREEK WITHIN THE CITY HAD OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS FLOODING A PORTION OF 

A SHOPPING CENTER. 



WATER LEVELS MAY REMAIN HIGH WITHIN AND NEAR THE CITY THROUGH MID 

EVENING.  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 7960 3723 7960 3719 7938 3735 7929



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