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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

401 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



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CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-

401 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008



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

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE... NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...



AT 358 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT DANIEL CREEK WAS FLOODING 

DANIEL CREEK ROAD NORTH OF COLLINSVILLE. WATER ACROSS THE ROAD WAS 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE. HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AT 

THIS TIME...SO THE WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE. PONDING 

OF WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE COLLINSVILLE AREA INCLUDING ON 

U.S. ROUTE 220...BUT THIS WATER WAS RECEDING AS WELL. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLLINSVILLE 

AND BASSETT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3678 7975 3677 7974 3677 7971 3664 7978

      3670 8000 3681 8002 3682 8000

TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 180DEG 0KT 3674 7981



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