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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

216 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



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

216 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 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. MODERATE SHOWERS MOVING 

THROUGH MAY BRING AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN. HOWEVER...RUNOFF 

FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON CREEK AND 

SMALL STREAMS. 



THE FOLLOWING CREEKS HAD THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND ARE THE MOST 

LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING...REED CREEK...LITTLE REED CREEK 

AND DANIEL CREEK IN HENRY COUNTY. ALSO SNOW CREEK...CRAB CREEK...

FINNEYS BRANCH AND GUTHRIE CREEK IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.  



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.



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 0616Z 153DEG 1KT 3680 7989 3674 8003

          3659 8012



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