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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

702 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND LEXINGTON 

CITY UNTIL 8 PM...



AT 702 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AND AROUND THE CITY 

OF LEXINGTON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN 

ESTIMATED BY RADAR SINCE ABOUT 430 PM ALONG WALTERS CREEK...WHISTLE 

CREEK...MILL CREEK AND ALONG THE MAURY RIVIR.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND 

AROUND LEXINGTON THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR

IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON

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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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