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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1042 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



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BOTETOURT VA-BEDFORD VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-

1042 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHERN BOTETOURT

COUNTIES...



AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BUCHANAN...SPRINGWOOD...BIG ISLAND AND ARCADIA. CREEKS WHICH WILL 

LIKELY FLOOD INCLUDE BACK CREEK...INCLUDING LITHIA ROAD...MILLER 

CREEK...AND BECKNER BRANCH. ALSO THE HEADWATERS OF TINKER 

CREEK...FROM DALEVILLE TO CLOVERDALE...AND BUFFALO CREEK IN 

CLOVERDALE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AROUND THE PEAKS OF 

OTTER IS ALSO LIKELY. 



RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS A LARGE 

PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 

AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3752 7933 3744 7939 3736 7992 3747 8003

      3753 7999 3755 7997 3756 7997 3759 7996

      3761 7946



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