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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1232 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT...FOR PITTSYLVANIA 

COUNTY AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF DANVILLE.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF 

MARTINSVILLE HAS EXPIRED.



AT 1232 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT URBAN 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF DANVILLE.  SEVERAL STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 

A WATER RESCUE HAS ALSO TAKEN PLACE ALONG ROUTE 29 IN DANVILLE.  IN 

NORTH DANVILLE...PARTS OF THE PARKER ROAD TRAILER COURT HAVE BEEN 

EVACUATED...FALLS CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.   



RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED SOUTH INTO CASEWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. 

SINCE 11:00 PM...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT URBAN 

FLOODING...IN ADDITIONAL TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING. 



IN HENRY COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THE FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...RUNOFF 

WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HIGH STREAM LEVELS AND RAPIDLY FLOWING 

WATER.  STREETS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE MAY REMAIN BARRICADED 

UNTIL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEEMS THEM SAFE TO DRIVE ON AGAIN.



FOR YOUR SAFETY...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE 

THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

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