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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
724 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

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PULASKI VA-GILES VA-
724 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN GILES AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...

AT 710 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUD SLIDE 
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 42 IN POPLAR HILL. THE THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT...HOWEVER HIGH WATER AND 
FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY ONGOING ALONG PORTIONS OF WALKER AND WABASH 
CREEK BETWEEN POPLAR HILL AND BANE WHERE AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
THESSALIA...POPLAR HILL AND BANE.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD
CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

LAT...LON 3735 8066 3724 8064 3710 8087 3714 8088
      3715 8085 3717 8087 3718 8085 3720 8087
      3719 8089 3720 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 180DEG 0KT 3721 8077

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