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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

804 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR BLAND AND 

NORTHERN WYTHE COUNTIES...



AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 

SHOWERS WERE DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH AND SHOULD 

GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REGION AROUND 9:00 PM. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER DOWNPOURS WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...FROM AROUND THE BIG 

WALKER MOUNTAIN VICINITY NORTH ACROSS WESTERN BLAND COUNTY.



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 3689 8126 3699 8107 3724 8105 3716 8128



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