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WGUS71 KRNK 172136

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VAC163-180000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

534 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR ROCKBRIDGE

COUNTY...



AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE BELLS 

VALLEY AND GOSHEN AREAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY.  RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA WERE REPORTING NEARLY 6 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE AROUND 330 PM.



SPOTTER REPORTED CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE AREA.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND...BELLS VALLEY AND GOSHEN.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3792 7959 3785 7950 3801 7935 3809 7949

          3794 7958



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