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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

949 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



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CITY OF BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA-CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-APPOMATTOX VA-

BEDFORD VA-

949 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR THE

CITY OF BEDFORD...THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...NORTHERN BEDFORD...WESTERN 

APPOMATTOX AND NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTIES...



AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS LINE WILL SINK SOUTH OF THE WARNED 

AREA BY AROUND 1100 PM.



LOCATIONS LIKELY TO FLOOD IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE FLOOD PRONE 

STREETS IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD...INCLUDING BLUE RIDGE AVENUE...FLOOD 

PRONE STREETS IN THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...AND ALSO BLACKWATER AND IVY 

CREEKS IN LYNCHBURG. IN APPOMATTOX COUNTY...STONEWALL CREEK MAY 

FLOOD...ESPECIALLY ROUTE 605 NEAR TURNER MOUNTAIN...WRECK ISLAND 

CREEK MAY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY ROUTE 683 NEAR BECKHAM...AND BUCK CREEK 

MAY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY ALONG 703 AND 605. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. 



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 3749 7880 3734 7883 3728 7982 3746 7970

      3745 7958 3747 7957 3748 7920 3739 7912

      3740 7909 3738 7907 3741 7906 3749 7895



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