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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1144 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007



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CITY OF ROANOKE VA-ROANOKE VA-BEDFORD VA-

1144 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF ROANOKE... NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN ROANOKE

COUNTIES...



AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE. ROADS CLOSED INCLUDE...5TH AND 

ELM...5TH AND ALBEMARLE...5TH BETWEEN DAY AND CHURCH...THE 1600 

BLOCK OF BURRELL...PLANT AND PRESTON STREETS...9TH AND 

CAMPBELL...AND BALE AND KING STREETS. IN ROANOKE COUNTY...INTEGRITY 

DRIVE WAS REPORTED FLOODED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEAKS OF

OTTER RECREATION AREA...PEAKS OF OTTER SUMMIT AND MONTVALE



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THE STREET FLOODING AND KEEP 

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



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 3750 7945 3720 7973 3723 7978 3722 7987

      3716 7992 3715 7997 3723 8001 3733 7987

      3731 7985 3733 7980 3739 7979 3749 7966

      3746 7963 3745 7958 3753 7950

TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 180DEG 0KT 3736 7973



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