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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

632 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR ROCKBRIDGE 

COUNTY...AND THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON AND BUENA VISTA...



AT 629 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME ROADS 

PARTIALLY BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND FLOODING ALONG KERRS CREEK. 

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN THAT LEAD TO THE FLOODING 

HEAVE MOVED WELL SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7:30 PM. 



ALTHOUGH THE WATER IS RECEDING...SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN AND 

AROUND...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA AND KERRS CREEK AND OTHER SMALL 

STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE MAURY RIVER THROUGH 7:30 PM. 



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 3802 7937 3792 7918 3787 7914 3780 7920

      3781 7923 3780 7927 3773 7931 3767 7937

      3768 7967 3770 7966 3773 7968 3807 7950



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