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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

302 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR BEDFORD

COUNTY...



AT 255 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 

619 NEAR STEWARTSVILLE. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH 

THE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL EXACERBATE THE FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS BEDFORED COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

THE COUNTY. 



FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN AND AROUND...BEDFORD 

CITY...CHAMBLISSBURG...GOODE...GOODVIEW...MONETA...SEDALIA AND THAXTON.



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 3741 7928 3738 7929 3713 7956 3724 7981

      3745 7964 3745 7958 3749 7957 3751 7952

      3752 7949 3754 7949



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