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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1044 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



VAC089-690-011645-

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-

1044 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007



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

HENRY COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...



AT 1039 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY KEEP 

STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR FLOOD LEVELS FOR A WHILE LONGER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLA

HEIGHTS...MARTINSVILLE CITY...LEATHERWOOD...FIELDALE...COLLINSVILLE

AND CHATMOSS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3656 8004 3656 7976 3677 7971 3677 7994



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