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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

420 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR PATRICK

COUNTY...



AT 420 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD EXITED THE AREA. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING CAUSED 

SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED 2 CARS UNDERWATER ON AYERS ORCHARD ROAD AT 2:35 AM 

NECESSITATING A RESCUE. THE HIGH WATER SHOULD BE RECEDING AT THIS 

TIME...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR WATER COVERED ROADS.



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 3657 8060 3655 8005 3668 8008 3670 8025



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