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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

855 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



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AMHERST VA-

855 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

AMHERST COUNTY...



AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE LINE 

OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY INTO WESTERN BEDFORD 

COUNTY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALTO 

AND LOWESVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA BY 11:00 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG PEDLAR RIVER AND PINEY RIVER. 



DAVIS MILL CREEK WILL FLOOD ROUTE 634 AND ROUTE 755. 



FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN PEDLAR MILLS AT ROUTE 635 AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF MINERS BRANCH ROAD...ALONG ROUTE 643 AND ON ROUTE 

640 NEAR THE TOWN OF PLEASANT VIEW. 



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.



LAT...LON 3778 7918 3780 7925 3775 7928 3758 7941

      3753 7932 3748 7919 3769 7904 3779 7915



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