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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

833 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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CAMPBELL VA-APPOMATTOX VA-

833 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR

APPOMATTOX AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES...



AT 825 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO APPOMATTOX 

NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK...TOWER HILL...STONEWALL...SPRING 

MILLS...SPOUT SPRING...RUSTBURG...PAMPLIN CITY...OAKVILLE...LYNCHBURG

AIRPORT...HIXBURG...EVINGTON...EVERGREEN...CONCORD...BOCOCK...BENT 

CREEK AND APPOMATTOX



CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE LIKELY TO COME OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS. SOME CREEKS WHICH MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING  

INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SENECA CREEK...ROCKY BRANCH...NAKED 

CREEK...BEAR BRANCH...REEDY CREEK...WRECK ISLAND CREEK AND FALLING 

RIVER. 



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 3725 7869 3720 7883 3702 7892 3703 7904

      3708 7912 3707 7920 3711 7920 3713 7926

      3710 7929 3714 7934 3706 7943 3707 7944

      3742 7921 3737 7921 3736 7920 3741 7911

      3739 7907 3756 7883 3739 7864 3739 7859



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