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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

855 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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PATRICK VA-

855 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

PATRICK COUNTY...



AT 846 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF IN MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK 

INTO PATRICK COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY KNOB 

RECREATION AREA...WOOLWINE...MEADOWS OF DAN...CHARITY AND BUFFALO 

RIDGE.



CREEKS WHICH MAY BE FLOODING INCLUDE GOBLINTOWN CREEK...SYCAMORE 

CREEK...POORHOUSE CREEK...IVY CREEK...ROUND MEADOW CREEK...SPOON 

CREEK AND ANGLIN CREEK. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 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.



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 3656 8050 3673 8044 3675 8039 3677 8039

      3682 8034 3687 8024 3684 8008 3676 8009

      3656 8005 3655 8019



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