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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

132 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



VAC019-161-770-010630-

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CITY OF ROANOKE VA-ROANOKE VA-BEDFORD VA-

132 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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

CITY OF ROANOKE... NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN ROANOKE

COUNTIES...



AT 128 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EARLIER 

THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE 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.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA...THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE THE WARNING FOR AND HOUR. NO NEW ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.



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

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 0532Z 180DEG 0KT 3736 7973



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