Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
219 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA. REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED
RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA REVEAL THAT SOME OF THE RAIN HAS BEEN MODERATE
TO HEAVY. FANCY GAP IN CARROLL COUNTY REPORTED A STORM TOTAL SO FAR OF
OVER 3 INCHES...WHILE A SPOTTER IN FLOYD COUNTY REPORTED A
STORM TOTAL OF 2.6 INCHES. MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 8 AM TODAY.

NUMEROUS SMALLER STREAMS HAVE ALREADY REACHED BANKFULL IN MOST OF THE
AREA.  SOME HAVE BEGUN EDGING ACROSS ROADWAYS IN ISOLATED SECTIONS
OF FLOYD COUNTY.

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.  WITH THUNDERSTORMS A POSSIBILITY...HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS IN A
SHORT TIME MAY OCCUR.  IN THAT CASE FLASH FLOODING IS A DEFINITE
THREAT.

PERSONS ALONG THE SMALLER STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TUNED TO
RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING FLOOD THREAT
AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

MCINTOSH