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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1045 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR 

CASWELL...ROCKINGHAM...STOKES...SURRY...WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES 

IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HALIFAX...HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA...PATRICK AND 

FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM FOR CAMPBELL AND 

CHARLOTTE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA...



WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS....WITH 

EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY 

DIMINISH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS 

AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE FROM ONE TO 

THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR INTO THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF MANY 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN 

INCH IN TWO HOURS OR LESS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

AREAS WHERE MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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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