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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

517 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008



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SMYTH VA-

517 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008



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

COUNTY...



AT 513 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADS WERE 

STILL CLOSED IN THE CHILHOWIE AREA DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO 

MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OFF AND ON THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND 

EARLY EVENING. THUS...THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE 

WATER BEGINS TO RECEDE.



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 2117Z 180DEG 0KT 3684 8172 3682 8147

          3676 8132



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