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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1131 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007



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CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

1131 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF BUENA VISTA...THE CITY OF LEXINGTON... SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE

COUNTY...



AT 1123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA SINCE 900 PM. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS ABOVE THEIR BANKS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 

ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE BUT NONE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THIS 

OFFICE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEXINGTON

CITY...CORNWALL AND COLLIERSTOWN



PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING...MUDSLIDES OR ROAD 

CLOSURES BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE 

AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3781 7924 3761 7943 3761 7946 3759 7945

      3754 7951 3756 7956 3759 7958 3760 7958

      3768 7968 3787 7949

TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 180DEG 0KT 3774 7942



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