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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1133 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR SURRY AND

PATRICK COUNTIES...



AT 1130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH

OVER NORTHEASTERN SURRY AND PATRICK COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING WILL

CONTINUE UNTIL 100 AM...FROM MOUNT AIRY...NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN

PATRICK COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN SURRY COUNTY BY

1150 PM...AND IN PATRICK COUNTY BY 1230 AM.



REPORTS FROM SURRY COUNTY 911 AND SPOTTERS...INDICATE FLASH FLOODING

IN THE CITY OF MOUNT AIRY...AT 1115 PM. RIVERSIDE DRIVE IS FLOODED

WITH ONE FOOT OF WATER. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED

IN A FEW HOUSES NEAR LOVILLS CREEK. RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE EVACUATING

THE RESIDENTS.



FOR YOUR SAFETY...NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD. IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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