

000 

WGUS71 KRNK 040136

FFSRNK

VAZ013-040345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

935 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 

1145 PM EDT....



AT 935 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 3 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY WEST. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLLODING IS 

ONGOING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 100 AND INTERSTATE 

81...INCLUDING THE FLOODING OF A MOTEL AND AT LEAST ONE ROAD. THE 

HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY 

SHIFT WESTWARD THROUGH 1030 PM.



<<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.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 2 1 5 4 3 2 4.



$$



MTE

