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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

745 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008



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CITY OF GALAX VA-PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA-

745 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR THE 

CITY OF GALAX...CARROLL AND PATRICK COUNTIES...



AT 740 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

CONTINUING IN THE PATRICK SPRINGS AREA OF PATRICK COUNTY ESPECIALLY 

IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG SMALLER CREEKS. HOWEVER RAINFALL HAD 

TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE REGION AND WATER LEVELS WERE BEGINNING TO 

RECEDE THIS EVENING.



ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING MAY ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CARROLL 

COUNTY WHERE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3659 8086 3664 8091 3662 8091 3664 8093

      3678 8097 3684 8092 3690 8063 3672 8047

      3670 8043 3681 8030 3684 8011 3671 8008

      3663 8005 3655 8016



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