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WGUS71 KAKQ 260655

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VAC041-053-111-117-135-260915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

255 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR   

CHESTERFIELD...DINWIDDIE...LUNENBURG...MECKLENBURG...AND NOTTOWAY 

COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT MANY ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. MOST OF THE BACKROADS IN NOTTOWAY COUNTY ARE CLOSED 

WITH ONLY ROUTES 460 AND 360 DEEMED PASSABLE. SOME EVACUATIONS OF 

HOMES ARE ALSO BEING REPORTED.



THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW MOVING THROUGH EASTERN 

MECKLENBURG AND LUNENBURG COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

OVER DINWIDDIE...NOTTOWAY AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 330 

AM...THEN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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