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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

600 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



  NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF 

FRANKLIN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY.



THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT 515 PM EDT 

REPORTED THAT ROUTE 220 WAS FLOODED ONE MILE NORTH OF THE TOWN OF 

BOONESMILL.



FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS 

AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PERSIST OVER NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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



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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