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WGUS71 KRNK 260539

FFSRNK

NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

140 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003





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

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

PITTSYLVANIA AND CHARLOTTE...



UNTIL 315 AM EDT.



AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  HOWEVER...FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

IN MANY PLACES IN THE WARNING AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN 

HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST 300 AM.



FLOODING HAS OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS. IN SOUTH 

BOSTON...NUMEROUS STREETS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  MANY 

HOUSES WERE FLOODED IN SOUTH BOSTON AS WELL.  IN DANVILLE...FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 29 WITH THE SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED. 

HIGHWAY 58 NORTHBOUND WAS ALSO CLOSED.



RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM 

COUNTY IN THE TROUBLESOME CREEK BASIN AND IN THE HAW RIVER 

BASIN...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  2 TO 4 INCH RADAR ESTIMATES WERE ALSO 

COMMON IN CASWELL AND HALIFAX COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES 

ESTIMATED IN SOUTHERN HALIFAX NEAR SOUTH BOSTON. 



SOME RURAL ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED AND VERY HAZARDOUS IN THESE 

AREAS. 



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.



$$



JDS

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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 260546 CCA

FFSRNK

NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO REMOVE CHARLOTTE COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

140 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003





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

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

HALIFAX...AND PITTSYLVANIA...



UNTIL 315 AM EDT.



AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE 

ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  HOWEVER...FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

IN MANY PLACES IN THE WARNING AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN 

HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST 300 AM.



FLOODING HAS OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS. IN SOUTH 

BOSTON...NUMEROUS STREETS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  MANY 

HOUSES WERE FLOODED IN SOUTH BOSTON AS WELL.  IN DANVILLE...FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 29 WITH THE SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED. 

HIGHWAY 58 NORTHBOUND WAS ALSO CLOSED.



RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM 

COUNTY IN THE TROUBLESOME CREEK BASIN AND IN THE HAW RIVER 

BASIN...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  2 TO 4 INCH RADAR ESTIMATES WERE ALSO 

COMMON IN CASWELL AND HALIFAX COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES 

ESTIMATED IN SOUTHERN HALIFAX NEAR SOUTH BOSTON. 



SOME RURAL ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED AND VERY HAZARDOUS IN THESE 

AREAS. 



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.



$$



JDS

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