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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

323 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



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HENRY VA-

323 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY...



AT 318 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA 

SINCE 130 AM. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP CREEKS 

AND STREAMS ABOVE THEIR BANKS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. SEVERAL ROADS 

WERE CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF 

MARTINSVILLE...HOWEVER NO SPECIFIC ROADS WERE GIVEN AT THIS TIME. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARTINSVILLE

AIRPORT



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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3669 7995 3665 7984 3655 7984 3655 8003

      3671 8008

TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 180DEG 0KT 3663 7989



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