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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1218 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT REGION 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...



AT 1214 PM EDT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY 

TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA COUNTY TO SOUTH CENTRAL CAROLINE 

COUNTY...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  ALBERTA...ASHLAND AT 1225 PM EDT.

  COCHRAN...BURRUSS CORNER AT 1230 PM EDT.

  EARLS...DANIELTOWN AT 1235 PM EDT.

  BARROWS STORE...FORT PICKETT AT 1240 PM EDT.

  GILMAN...CLAY STORE AT 1245 PM EDT.



SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE VIRGINIA 

PIEDMONT REGION...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING IN THE AREA BETWEEN 

THE JAMES AND APPOMATTOX RIVERS.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD RAPIDLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BEDS...POSSIBLY 

WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

REPORT ANY FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY...WHICH WILL RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE. 



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