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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

757 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007



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FRANKLIN VA-

757 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR

FRANKLIN COUNTY...



AT 755 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAD 

MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.  OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF 

FRANKLIN COUNTY.  SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE SNOW CREEK AREA INDICATED 

THAT BETWEEN 4.20 AND 5.00 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED.  THE AUTOMATED 

RAIN GAGE NEAR THE EDWIN MITCHELL FARM RECORDED 4.95 INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN 3:30 AND 6:30 PM.  STREAMS IN THIS AREA ARE REPORTED TO BE

BANK FULL WITH SOME FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS THAT FEED INTO SNOW 

CREEK. SNOW CREEK IS A FAIRLY LARGE CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH 

SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY...THE WATER LEVEL IN THIS CREEK IS 

REPORTED TO BE NEAR BANK FULL. 



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 LOWLAND AREAS AND WILL AFFECT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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 3706 7959 3687 7963 3678 7976 3683 7997

      3679 8003 3685 8008 3688 8024 3696 8013

      3709 8011 3712 8013 3717 8006 3714 7996

      3722 7987 3723 7978

TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 180DEG 0KT 3683 7979



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