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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

740 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY CONTINUES...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 8:45 PM.

FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF HENRY

COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES...TWO BRIDGES WERE WASHED

OUT IN BASSETT VIRGINIA AROUND 7:00 PM.  MUD SLIDES WERE ALSO

REPORTED IN BASSETT AND COLLINSVILLE.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

ALONG A NARROW CORRIDOR...FROM BASSETT VIRGINIA...THROUGH FIGSBORO...

AND INTO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY SECTIONS OF HENRY COUNTY.  STREAMS AND

CREEKS IN THESE COMMUNITIES MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  FOR YOUR

SAFETY...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...YOU

MAY BE SWEPT AWAY TO YOUR DEATH.



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