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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

901 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2003





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM FOR PATRICK AND HENRY 

COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE



AT 9:00 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY 

STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ROUTE 58 FROM STUART TO 

MARTINSVILLE VIRGINIA.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL FROM 8:00 TO 9:00 PM.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

LIKELY BEFORE 10:00 PM WITH RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.



EMERGENCY SERVICES IN HENRY COUNTY HAVE REPORTED MUDSLIDES AND TREES 

DOWN IN BASSETT...WITH HOUSES BEING EVACUATED DUE TO RAIN RUNNING 

OFF OF HILLSIDES AND INTO HOMES.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR STREAMS OR 

CREEKS...MONITOR THEM CLOSELY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF 

WATER BEGINS TO RISE.   FOR YOUR SAFETY BE VERY CAREFUL AT 

NIGHT...WATER MAY HAVE WASHED OUT ROADS...RESULTING IN WATER THAT IS 

MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.  



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