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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

550 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.   HOWEVER 

CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE GOSHEN AND BELLS VALLEY AREA WERE STILL IN 

FLOOD...NAMELY MILL CREEK IN AND WEST OF GOSHEN.



RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA WERE REPORTING OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

AROUND 330 PM.



OTHER AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE LIKELY IN FLOOD INCLUDE 

BRATTONS RUN AND THE CALFPASTURE RIVER. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...EXPECT FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.



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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