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WGUS71 KAKQ 150240

FFSAKQ

VAC109-150415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1035 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR LOUISA COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM...RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE... 

MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD LOUISA.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PROVIDE AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  RADAR 

INDICATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF 

LOUISA COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT MANY SECONDARY ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE...AND ROUTE 33...ROUTE 15 AND ROUTE 22 HAVE 

SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER.



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.



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NS

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LAT...LON 3813 7814 3800 7827 3781 7782 3801 7777

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