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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

412 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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PITTSYLVANIA VA-

412 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...



AT 409 PM EDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS AFFECTING THE WARNED 

AREA HAS MOVED OUT...HOWEVER WATER LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH 

ALONG THE BANISTER RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES EAST OF CHATHAM THROUGH 

AT LEAST 700 PM. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3686 7941 3693 7920 3686 7921 3675 7935

      3678 7943

TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 180DEG 0KT 3682 7931



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