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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1241 AM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR WESTERN 

BOTETOURT COUNTY...



AT 1236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE SLOW MOVING...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM THAT 

PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS MOVED INTO CRAIG COUNTY WHERE 

IT HAS SINCE WEAKENED. LINGERING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL 

OVER EXTREME WESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY ALONG THE CRAIG COUNTY LINE. 



THE CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EVEN 

THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...RUN OFF FROM THE 

EARLIER RAINS STILL MAY NEED TIME TO REACH THEIR ACCUMULATIVE 

POTENTIAL IN LOW LYING AREAS...THE LITTLE PATTERSON CREEK...AND 

CRAIG CREEK.



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

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3755 7985 3767 7991 3765 8002 3752 7995



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