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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

512 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

UNTIL 700 PM EDT...NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA...



AT 5:10 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED OVER NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA...ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION PRIOR TO 6:00 PM. 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT LOCATIONS ALONG THE PIGG RIVER...JUST EAST OF 

SANDY LEVEL HAD RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 3:00 AND 

4:00 PM. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL TO 

SEE FLOODING ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. 



<<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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JH

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