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WGUS71 KRNK 280950

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VAC063-067-281015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

545 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR FRANKLIN AND

FLOYD COUNTIES...



AT 545 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FLOYD COUNTY 

REPORTED CREEK FLOODING COUNTY WIDE. SECTIONS OF ROUTE 8 WERE 

CLOSED. A RAIN BAND WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...BUT 

THE FLOODING CONTINUES. THIS RAIN BAND WAS STILL MOVING THROUGH  

FRANKLIN COUNTY. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AT THIS 

TIME...BUT RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE RAIN BAND WIL 

LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS TO FLOOD.



ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE WARNED 

AREA...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 

6:15 AM.



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. REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3693 8060 3674 8049 3690 8021 3683 7990

      3686 7967 3706 7965 3721 7976 3712 7989

      3715 8006 3702 8033



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JJ

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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 280950

FFSRNK

VAC063-067-281015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

545 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR FRANKLIN AND

FLOYD COUNTIES...



AT 545 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FLOYD COUNTY 

REPORTED CREEK FLOODING COUNTY WIDE. SECTIONS OF ROUTE 8 WERE 

CLOSED. A RAIN BAND WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...BUT 

THE FLOODING CONTINUES. THIS RAIN BAND WAS STILL MOVING THROUGH  

FRANKLIN COUNTY. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AT THIS 

TIME...BUT RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE RAIN BAND WIL 

LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS TO FLOOD.



ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE WARNED 

AREA...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 

6:15 AM.



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. REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3693 8060 3674 8049 3690 8021 3683 7990

      3686 7967 3706 7965 3721 7976 3712 7989

      3715 8006 3702 8033



$$

JJ

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