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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1156 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN  

AMHERST COUNTY...



AT 1153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT IN THE PAST 4 HOURS...THREE TO ALMOST FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH OVER HALF OF THIS AMOUNT 

FALLING IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...THERE STILL REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF 

REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND RUN OFF FROM THE EARLIER 

HEAVY RAIN MAY NOT HAVE REACHED ITS ACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL IN LOW 

LYING AREAS...VALLEYS AND CREEKS. 



FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND...ALTO...LOWESVILLE AND 

FORKS OF BUFFALO. ALSO POINTS ALONG THE THRASHERS AND STATONS 

CREEKS...AND THE BUFFALO AND PINEY RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE 

FLASH FLOODING. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BLACKSBURG.



LAT...LON 3778 7920 3780 7918 3779 7909 3777 7907

      3774 7908 3772 7907 3771 7905 3768 7920

      3779 7926 3780 7926 3781 7923



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