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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1205 PM EST MON JAN 1 2007



VAC029-011830-

BUCKINGHAM VA-

1205 PM EST MON JAN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...



AT 1203 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS EXITING THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 

HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO POSE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND WHISPERING 

CREEK WHERE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOLD HILL AND

CENTENARY



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 3755 7880 3739 7848 3767 7827 3774 7857



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