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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

722 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



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GREENBRIER WV-

722 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR

GREENBRIER COUNTY...



AT 715 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

OVER A FEW ROADS ACROSS GREENBRIER COUNTY. AT 422 AM...WATER WAS 

REPORTED OVER ROUTE 60. AT 502 AM...WATER WAS OVER ROUTE 219 NEAR 

FAIRLEA. AT 657 AM...WATER WAS OVER ROADS IN BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS 

AND BLAKER MILLS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEARTOWN

STATE PARK...WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RORER...RENICK...QUINWOOD...

NEOLA...LEONARD...FALLING SPRING...DUO AND ANJEAN



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF GREENBRIER COUNTY..AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN PORTION 

OF THE COUNTY. ALSO...RUNOFF THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND 

STREAMS TO RISE AND COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY 

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041

      3805 8076



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