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VAC173-197-020315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1042 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR WYTHE AND

SMYTH COUNTIES...



AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT RAIN OVER SMYTH AND WESTERN WYTHE COUNTIES.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING 

HAVE DISSIPATED.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN MARION AND RURAL RETREAT.  A STORM SPOTTER NEAR RURAL 

RETREAT REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN RURAL RETREAT JUST 

AFTER 9:00 PM.  EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAINS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS.  



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 3685 8114 3699 8128 3690 8161 3676 8134



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