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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

546 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...



ROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT AS OF

505 PM...PORTIONS OF US 220 AND NC 135 IN WESTERN ROCKINGHAM

COUNTY WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING...AND THAT DAN VALLEY ROAD AT THE

MADISON CITY LIMITS WAS FLOODED.



AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS HAD MOVED

SOUTH OF THE COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN REMAINING OVER THE

SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WAS

LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE COUNTY...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO

15 MPH.  THIS AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE

COUNTY BETWEEN 600 PM AND 630 PM EDT.  ANY STREAMS WHICH ARE NEARING

BANKFULL MAY QUICKLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AS THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN

FALLS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER

FLOODED ROADS AND YOU CANNOT BE SURE HOW DEEP THE WATER MAY

BE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  REMEMBER...MOST DEATHS IN FLASH

FLOODS INVOLVE PEOPLE IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS.



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