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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1022 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HENRY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT 

EDT...



AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALF OF HENRY COUNTY.  RAIN 

IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE AREA BY 1100 PM EDT...AND END BY 

MIDNIGHT.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER 

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTY FROM SPENCER TO RIDGEWAY.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF RESULTING FROM THE HEAVY 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.



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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