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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1151 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



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HENRY VA-

1151 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...



AT 1136 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 

329 JOHN BAKER ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE FIELDALE 

AREA. WATCH FOR PROBLEMS ALONG JORDAN CREEK...INCLUDING ROUTE 684 

AND ROUTE 1163 IN FIELDALE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS 

EARLIER TONIGHT PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG DANIEL CREEK...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 

665...HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD. LITTLE REED CREEK WILL LIKELY FLOOD...AND 

MAY BLOCK ROUTE 220 NORTH OF THE BASSET AREA. BLACKBERRY CREEK IS 

EXPECTED TO FLOOD...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 698...BLACKBERRY ROAD. 



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 3684 7965 3674 7968 3672 7988 3665 7992

      3663 8003 3674 8007 3679 8006 3679 8003

      3683 7999 3683 7997 3678 7975



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