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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

651 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



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WYTHE VA-CITY OF RADFORD VA-PULASKI VA-

651 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR THE 

CITY OF RADFORD... WYTHE AND PULASKI COUNTIES...



AT 644 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG PEPPERS FERRY ROAD IN MAX MEADOWS VIRGINIA.  FLOODING WAS ALSO 

BEING REPORTED ALONG DRAPER VALLEY ROAD JUST SOUTH OF PULASKI 

VIRGINIA. THE HEAVY RAIN IS GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS WYTHE 

AND PULASKI COUNTIES...HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL 

LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH AT LEAST 

9:00 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST 

FLOOD PROBLEMS INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...MAX 

MEADOWS...DRAPER...CLAYTOR LAKE STATE PARK...AND ALLISONIA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3705 8123 3702 8111 3707 8092 3712 8092

      3725 8061 3719 8059 3720 8051 3718 8057

      3713 8053 3711 8060 3707 8055 3705 8054

      3705 8056 3697 8054 3688 8070 3682 8102

      3677 8109 3676 8126 3691 8133 3696 8139



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