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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1023 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008



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CHARLOTTE VA-

1023 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR

CHARLOTTE COUNTY...



AT 1020 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

CHARLOTTE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 

HOUR AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF 

CHARLOTTE COURTHOUSE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 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.



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 3701 7851 3685 7864 3694 7874 3701 7875

      3702 7875 3699 7875 3699 7878 3709 7888

      3720 7883 3720 7881 3722 7878 3720 7864

      3716 7862 3715 7854 3711 7849



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