

000 

WGUS71 KLWX 012332

FFSLWX

VAC165-020000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

732 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY OVER THE 

LAST 90 MINUTES. RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED 

THIS AFTERNOON MAY STILL KEEP CREEKS...STREAMS AND CULVERTS SWOLLEN 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

HAS ENDED.



EARLIER...A PORTION OF ROUTE 259 HAD TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

2 FEET OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE ROAD TO BE 

IMPASSABLE. AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN...FALLING IN A 

SHORT TIME...WAS REPORTED IN THIS AREA.



ANY REMAINING HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS. NEVER DRIVE A VEHICLE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU 

TO CROSS SAFELY. 



$$

MANNING

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000 

WGUS71 KLWX 012333

FFSLWX

VAC165-020000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

732 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY OVER THE 

LAST 90 MINUTES. RUNOFF FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED 

THIS AFTERNOON MAY STILL KEEP CREEKS...STREAMS AND CULVERTS SWOLLEN 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

HAS ENDED.



EARLIER...A PORTION OF ROUTE 259 HAD TO BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

2 FEET OF WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE ROAD TO BE 

IMPASSABLE. AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN...FALLING IN A 

SHORT TIME...WAS REPORTED IN THIS AREA.



ANY REMAINING HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS. NEVER DRIVE A VEHICLE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU 

TO CROSS SAFELY. 



$$

MANNING

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