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WGUS71 KRNK 142046

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

439 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



VAC023-163-530-678-150200-

/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080615T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-BOTETOURT VA-CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-

ROCKBRIDGE VA-

439 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF BUENA VISTA...THE CITY OF LEXINGTON... ROCKBRIDGE AND EASTERN

BOTETOURT COUNTIES...



AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 60 ALONG THE MAURY RIVER 

WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR 

OR SO FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT JUST ENDED. IN ADDITION...RADAR 

SHOWED MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE 

WEST AND THESE MAY MAY BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE 

FLOOD CONDITIONS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEXINGTON...

BUENA VISTA CITY...CHALK MINE RUN...IRISH CREEK...MOORES CREEK... 

CORNWALL...BROWNSBURG...FAIRFIELD AND VESUVIUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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.



LAT...LON 3788 7914 3780 7922 3781 7924 3778 7928

      3772 7931 3762 7942 3761 7946 3758 7946

      3750 7954 3750 7957 3746 7959 3756 7985

      3803 7941

TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 259DEG 8KT 3772 7946



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JJ

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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 142046

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

439 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



VAC023-163-530-678-150200-

/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080615T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-BOTETOURT VA-CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-

ROCKBRIDGE VA-

439 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF BUENA VISTA...THE CITY OF LEXINGTON... ROCKBRIDGE AND EASTERN

BOTETOURT COUNTIES...



AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 60 ALONG THE MAURY RIVER 

WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR 

OR SO FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT JUST ENDED. IN ADDITION...RADAR 

SHOWED MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE 

WEST AND THESE MAY MAY BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE 

FLOOD CONDITIONS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEXINGTON...

BUENA VISTA CITY...CHALK MINE RUN...IRISH CREEK...MOORES CREEK... 

CORNWALL...BROWNSBURG...FAIRFIELD AND VESUVIUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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.



LAT...LON 3788 7914 3780 7922 3781 7924 3778 7928

      3772 7931 3762 7942 3761 7946 3758 7946

      3750 7954 3750 7957 3746 7959 3756 7985

      3803 7941

TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 259DEG 8KT 3772 7946



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