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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
456 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008

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CITY OF SALEM VA-CITY OF ROANOKE VA-BOTETOURT VA-ROANOKE VA-
456 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND ROANOKE 
COUNTY...AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. WHILE THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 5:30 PM...AND ADDITIONAL 
ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3738 8018 3741 7989 3722 7987 3719 8016

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