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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

410 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT.... HENRY AND MARTINSVILLE

CITY...



AT 403 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO 

EXIT EASTERN HENRY COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE NORTHERN 

SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL PASS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY THAT HAVE HAD AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF 

LITTLE REED CREEK...REED CREEK...BEAVER CREEK AND BOTH FORKS OF 

LEATHERWOOD CREEK. JONES CREEK IS FLOODING JUST NORTH OF 

MARTINSVILLE...CLOSING FIGSBORO ROAD. URBAN FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN 

REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE.



<<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.



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JJ

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