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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

940 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003





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

INDEPENDENT CITIES...ROCKINGHAM AND CASWELL...DANVILLE...HALIFAX AND 

PITTSYLVANIA...



UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTHERN 

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY TO CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6:00 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 



IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...EXPECT FLOODING ALONG THE HAW RIVER NEAR 

MIDWAY AND BENAJA.



IN HALIFAX COUNTY...EXPECT FLOODING NEAR DANRIPPLE AND 

TURBEVILLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG LAWSONS CREEK...WEST LONG 

BRANCH...BUTRUM CREEK AND JERIMY CREEK. 



IN CASWELL COUNTY...EXPECT FLOODING ON MOON CREEK NEAR THE TOWNS OF 

QUICK...BLACKWELL...PURLEY AND PROVIDENCE. 



AND IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...EXPECT FLOODING IN AND AROUND 

DANVILLE...AND IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR CANE 

CREEK. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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