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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

759 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR



  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR



  AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA





AT 755 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THE AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

DIMINISHED IN AREAL COVERAGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN AUGUSTA 

COUNTY HAVE DISSIPATED.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTH 

CENTRAL ALBEMARLE COUNTY LOCATED BETWEEN FREE UNION AND CROZET...ALL 

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AND WEST OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OR RAINFALL INDICATE THE HEAVIEST RAINS...AMOUNTING 

TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES SINCE 4 PM...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE AREA 

BOUNDED BY WHITEHALL...FREE UNION AND OWENSVILLE IN NORTH CENTRAL 

ALBEMARLE COUNTY. AN OBSERVER IN EARLYSVILLE...ABOUT TWO MILES 

NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT...REPORTED 1.50 INCHES THIS EVENING.



THE WEAKENING TREND IN STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE AND BY 8:30 PM ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL HAVE ENDED. 

HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9:30 PM.



SO FAR...NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT DUE TO THE REMOTE 

NATURE OF SOME AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA...FLOODING COULD BE 

OCCURRING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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