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WGUS71 KRNK 161549

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1044 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



VAC163-678-161730-

CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

1044 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR 

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND CITY OF LEXINGTON...



AT 1041 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGES SHOWED THAT 2 TO 3.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA WITH UP TO 1 INCH IN THE 

PAST HOUR. THE IFLOWS STREAM GAGE ON BUFFALO CREEK HAD REACHED 7.6 

FEET AND THE ESTIMATED BANKFULL STAGE IS 6 FEET. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW MOVING EAST OF THE AREA SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LEXINGTON...ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...FAIRFIELD AND BROWNSBURG



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3798 7937 3798 7935 3792 7921 3786 7927

      3779 7932 3773 7939 3760 7950 3773 7964

      3801 7946



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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 161549

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1044 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



VAC163-678-161730-

CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

1044 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR 

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND CITY OF LEXINGTON...



AT 1041 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGES SHOWED THAT 2 TO 3.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA WITH UP TO 1 INCH IN THE 

PAST HOUR. THE IFLOWS STREAM GAGE ON BUFFALO CREEK HAD REACHED 7.6 

FEET AND THE ESTIMATED BANKFULL STAGE IS 6 FEET. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW MOVING EAST OF THE AREA SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LEXINGTON...ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...FAIRFIELD AND BROWNSBURG



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3798 7937 3798 7935 3792 7921 3786 7927

      3779 7932 3773 7939 3760 7950 3773 7964

      3801 7946



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