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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1000 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES...ROCKINGHAM...



UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.



AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN QUARTER OF ROCKINGHAM 

COUNTY...WHERE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

EARLIER THIS EVENING.  ANOTHER ONE HALF TO INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL 

OVER THIS AREA BEFORE ENDING BY LATE EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ROCKINGHAM 

COUNTY...WHICH HAS RECEIVED THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS THIS 

EVENING.



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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