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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

227 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



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PITTSYLVANIA VA-

227 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...



AT 221 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 CREEKS AND 

SMALL STREAMS. 



THE FOLLOWING CREEKS HAD THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND ARE THE MOST 

LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING...TURKEYCOCK CREEK...SAILOR 

CREEK...REDDIES CREEK...AND ROCKY CREEK. IN ADDITION...THE PIGG 

RIVER MAY ALSO COME OUT OF ITS BANKS.



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 3705 7911 3683 7932 3678 7966 3703 7960

      3700 7946 3713 7934 3708 7920 3707 7920

      3707 7919

TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 267DEG 8KT 3693 7938



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