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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1231 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



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CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-PATRICK VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-

1231 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR THE 

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN 

PATRICK COUNTIES...



AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES EAST OF PENHOOK TO SNOW 

CREEK...TO BASSETT TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRITZ...MOVING EAST AT 14 

MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

STANLEYTOWN...PENNS STORE...SPENCER...FIELDALE...COLLINSVILLE...

FIGSBORO...VILLA HEIGHTS...HORSE PASTURE...MARTINSVILLE CITY...

MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...CHATMOSS...LEATHERWOOD...RIDGEWAY...MOUNTAIN 

VALLEY AND AXTON.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS 

EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY...NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY...AND SOUTHEAST 

FRANKLIN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

BY 130 AM. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SNOW CREEK...CRAB 

CREEK...GRASSY FORK...BIG CHESTNUT CREEK...REED CREEK AND LITTLE 

REED CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3656 8041 3680 8021 3686 8005 3709 7969

      3704 7959 3698 7961 3696 7961 3693 7963

      3679 7965 3655 7973

TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 267DEG 12KT 3703 7929 3683 7960

          3679 7998 3654 8019



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