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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

732 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007



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CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-

732 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE... HENRY COUNTY...



AT 730 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAD ENDED 

ACROSS THE COUNTY.  OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF 

MARTINSVILLE CITY.  THE HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT IN MARTINSVILLE 

MEASURED 4.31 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 6 HOUR PERIOD ENDING 7:30 

PM...3.95 INCHES FALLING BETWEEN 3:30 AND 6:30 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8:30 PM.  STREAMS IN THE AREA 

WILL RUN VERY HIGH...AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE 

MARTINSVILLE AREA DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.  REEVES ROAD WAS COVERED BY 

MUD AND WATER.  LIBERTY STREET WAS ALSO COVERED BY WATER FOR A 

PERIOD OF TIME...ALONG WITH ROYAL AVENUE.  THESE ROADS ARE NOW 

REPORTED AS PASSABLE.



FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT THIS EVENING...BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR RISING 

WATER.  RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY STILL RESULT IN FLOODING 

OF SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVY 

RAIN OCCURRED. 



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



LAT...LON 3655 7972 3655 8005 3662 8005 3674 8009

      3677 8009 3679 8006 3679 8003 3683 7999

      3683 7997 3678 7975 3684 7964

TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 180DEG 0KT 3668 7988



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