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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

420 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NEBO IN 

NORTHEAST SMYTH COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY AND RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS 

EXIT THE AREA BY 5:30 PM. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE NEBO AREA. 



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 REMAIN UNDER WATER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 81. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE CHILHOWIE 

AREA...SO THE HIGH WATER IN THE CHILHOWIE AREA SHOULD BEGIN RECEDING 

BY AROUND 5:00 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 8131 3701 8146 3687 8187 3670 8176

      3668 8160



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