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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

341 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR WESTERN SMYTH

COUNTY...



AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR CHILHOWIE.   

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND AROUND CHILHOWIE OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS ESPECIALLY ALONG SULPHUR SPRING CREEK...CARLOCK 

CREEK AND TATTLE BRANCH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS UNDER WATER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 81 AROUND 3:30 PM.



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 3679 8155 3695 8165 3687 8187 3670 8176

      3668 8159



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