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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1049 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY UNTIL 

1130 PM EDT...WESTERN AND CENTRAL GRAYSON...



AT 1049 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 15 

MPH...BUT WERE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST NORTH 

CAROLINA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME ROADWAY FLOODING AROUND RUGBY SHORTLY 

AFTER 9:30 PM. ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 

1 AM. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO BOTH 

BIG WILSON AND FOX CREEKS. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



JH

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