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VAZ011-131830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

134 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GILES COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GILES COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

400 PM EDT.  AT 1:25 PM EDT GILES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE ADVISED

THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF EVACUATING PEOPLE HIKING ALONG THE

CASCADES TRAIL.



THE STORM THAT IS PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR

KIMBALTON AT 1:30 PM...AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL RATES

CONTINUE AT 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE

DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST... AND REACH U.S. 460 HIGHWAY

AROUND 1:50 PM.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...PONDING OF

WATER AND LOW VISIBILITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORM.



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