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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

215 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR HENRY COUNTY 

AS WELL AS THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...



AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR MARTINSVILLE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



MANY STREETS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE. 

JONES CREEK WAS ALSO OUT OF ITS BANKS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN 

CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 3:15 PM...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL AS IN THE CITY OF 

MARTINSVILLE.



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

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



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3676 8004 3661 7998 3658 7972 3675 7973



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