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WGUS71 KRNK 090851

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VAC019-067-091000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

448 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



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

600 AM EDT...



  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 445 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY

RAIN MOVING NORTH THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 100 AM ACROSS NORTHERN 

FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREAS 

THROUGH 545 AM. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED GILLS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR 

THE TAYLORS STORE AREA...ALONG HIGHWAY 122. BEDFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS 

REPORTED DEBRIS IN THE ROAD NEAR STEWARTSVILLE AND MONETA. FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA CAN BE EXPECTED 

UNTIL 6 AM.



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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WGUS71 KRNK 090856 CCA

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VAC019-067-091030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

448 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



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

630 AM EDT...



  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 445 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY

RAIN MOVING NORTH THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 100 AM ACROSS NORTHERN 

FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREAS 

THROUGH 545 AM. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED GILLS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR 

THE TAYLORS STORE AREA...ALONG HIGHWAY 122. BEDFORD COUNTY SHERIFFS 

REPORTED DEBRIS IN THE ROAD NEAR STEWARTSVILLE AND MONETA. FLASH 

FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA CAN BE EXPECTED 

UNTIL 6 AM.



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.



$$

CORRECTED END OF WARNING TIME

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