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VAC163-530-678-090230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

838 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...



  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 835 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CREEK FLOODING 

ACROSS PARTS OF ROUTES 631 AND 11 OUTSIDE OF LEXINGTON. RADAR SHOWED 

RAINFALL SLOWLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AS THE HEAVIER 

SHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE WELL NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

THE FAIRFIELD...AND DAVIS REGIONS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR OR TWO.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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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