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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

252 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008



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SMYTH VA-

252 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SMYTH

COUNTY...



AT 248 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY 11 AT SEVEN 

MILE FORD...APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF 

CHILHOWIE...WAS REPORTED TO BE UNDERSEVERAL FEET OF MOVING WATER. IN 

ADDITION...FLOODS NEAR CHILHOWIE WERE REPORTED TO BE IMPASSIBLE DUE 

TO RUSHIONG WATERS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE 

VICINITY OF SALTVILLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT ROGERS

NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...HUNGRY MOTHER STATE 

PARK...SALTVILLE...QUARRY...MARION...BROADFORD...ATKINS AND ALLISON 

GAP.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3693 8181 3690 8134 3677 8127 3675 8133

      3674 8150 3668 8163

TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 180DEG 0KT 3684 8172 3682 8147

          3676 8132



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