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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

135 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3:45 AM EDT FOR 

BATH COUNTY...





AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MAINLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS. AUTOMATED RAINGAGE 

REPORTED THAT 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 45 MINUTES AT THE 

INGALLS FIELDS GAGE...JUST EAST OF HEALING SPRINGS. RUNOFF FROM

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS 

UNTIL 2:00 AM EDT. 



SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FEW STREETS IN HOT SPRING WHERE

CLOSED BEFORE 1:00 AM...BUT WATER IS NOW RECEDING.



<<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.



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