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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1041 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-

1041 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 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

REPORTS INDICATED THAT FLOODING CONTINUED IN RURAL RETREAT WITH 

SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE AND WATER NEARING SOME BUSINESSES IN TOWN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL 

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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER 1 TO 2 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.



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.



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.



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

      3707 8092 3701 8105 3679 8124 3695 8135



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