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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

827 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



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PATRICK VA-FLOYD VA-

827 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



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

SOUTHERN FLOYD AND CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTIES...



AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE AS WATER FROM RECENT RAINS GATHER IN THE STREAMS. 

ALSO...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE IN 

THESE AREAS.



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

RECREATION AREA...ROCKY KNOB SUMMIT AND WOOLWINE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3667 8046 3671 8046 3673 8048 3678 8052

      3680 8052 3692 8039 3684 8023 3664 8038



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