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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1206 AM EDT MON JUL 30 2007



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CHARLOTTE VA-

1206 AM EDT MON JUL 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY...



AT 1204 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE SHOWERS WERE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT SINCE 900 PM...CLOSE TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN  

HAD FALLEN IN THE REYNOLDS CREEK BASIN. 



PHONE CALLS TO LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AND THE WYLLIESBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT 

REVEALED NO FLOODING. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVIER 

RAINS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING GOING ALONG 

REYNOLDS...HORSEPEN AND BLUESTONE CREEK.



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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 3682 7866 3678 7859 3690 7850 3700 7849

      3700 7873



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