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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

336 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEDFORD COUNTY OF VIRGINIA WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE 

AREA. AS OF 335 PM EDT...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED 

IN BEDFORD COUNTY.  



ALTHOUGH SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THIS AFTERNOON...A PROLONGED 

PERIOD OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. WATER LEVELS 

IN BEDFORD COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE FOR THE REST OF THE 

AFTERNOON.



HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TODAY MAY HAVE RESULTED 

IN LOCAL WASHOUTS OF ROADS AND CULVERTS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO 

EXERCISE CAUTION AND REFRAIN FROM DRIVING THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE 

WATER STILL COVERS THE ROAD AND WHERE THE ROAD SURFACE MAY NOT BE 

VISIBLE.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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