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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 012340

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

729 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



VAC163-530-678-020345-

CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

729 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

ROCKBRIDGE...THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON AND BUENA VISTA...



AT 725 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY 

WEAKENING RAPIDLY...WITH THE HEAVIEST OVER EASTERN ROCKBRIDGE FROM 

RAPHINE AND BROWNSBURG...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE BUENA VISTA AND 

GLASGOW AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS IN AN AREA FROM JUST WEST OF 

LEXINGTON...SOUTHWARD INTO THE NATURAL BRIDGE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A COUPLE OF ROADS CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING WEST OF LEXINGTON. THOSE ROADS ARE THORNHILL 

ROAD...AND JACKTOWN ROAD. CREEKS IN THE AREA THAT ARE LIKELY TO 

FLOOD INCLUDE...WHISTLE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...BROAD CREEK AND 

CEDAR 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 3769 7969 3757 7954 3767 7936 3785 7919

      3796 7933 3802 7949



$$



JJ

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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 012340

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

729 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



VAC163-530-678-020345-

CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

729 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006



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

ROCKBRIDGE...THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON AND BUENA VISTA...



AT 725 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY 

WEAKENING RAPIDLY...WITH THE HEAVIEST OVER EASTERN ROCKBRIDGE FROM 

RAPHINE AND BROWNSBURG...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE BUENA VISTA AND 

GLASGOW AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS IN AN AREA FROM JUST WEST OF 

LEXINGTON...SOUTHWARD INTO THE NATURAL BRIDGE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A COUPLE OF ROADS CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING WEST OF LEXINGTON. THOSE ROADS ARE THORNHILL 

ROAD...AND JACKTOWN ROAD. CREEKS IN THE AREA THAT ARE LIKELY TO 

FLOOD INCLUDE...WHISTLE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...BROAD CREEK AND 

CEDAR 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 3769 7969 3757 7954 3767 7936 3785 7919

      3796 7933 3802 7949



$$



JJ

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