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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

815 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



VAC021-197-050600-

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WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-

815 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

EASTERN BLAND AND WESTERN WYTHE COUNTIES...



AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. ROUTE 11 WAS REPORTED CLOSED BY FLOODING NEAR RURAL 

RETREAT AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 90.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MECHANICSBURG...LONG SPUR...KIMBERLING...BLAND...BASTIAN AND FAVONIA



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3728 8104 3716 8088 3713 8089 3711 8093

      3707 8092 3701 8105 3679 8124 3695 8135



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