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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1119 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.... HENRY AND MARTINSVILLE

CITY...



BETWEEN 10:00 AND 11:00 PM...BETWEEN 2.00 AND 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...AND IN HENRY COUNTY.  AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH...TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BETWEEN 11:00 PM 

AND MIDNIGHT. 

 

AT 1119 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS

BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE.  



RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM PATRICK COUNTY 

...INTO HENRY COUNTY...THEN EAST INTO SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS ACROSS 

THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE.   FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND...AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON 

FOOT



IF YOU OBSERVE FLASH FLOODING...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 

5...4 3 2 4.

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