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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

317 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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SURRY NC-PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA-

317 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...PATRICK AND NORTHERN SURRY COUNTIES...



AT 313 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GROUNDHOG

MOUNTAIN...STUART...PENNS STORE...LAUREL FORK...LAMBSBURG...

GLADESBORO...FANCY GAP...CRITZ...CANA...BUFFALO RIDGE AND ARARAT



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

AREA SINCE 200 AM. 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.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3670 8045 3674 8045 3673 8042 3678 8038

      3671 8008 3656 8005 3654 8011 3655 8043

      3645 8044 3642 8050 3647 8095 3656 8091

      3656 8084 3662 8087 3682 8055

TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 180DEG 0KT 3658 8051



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