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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

715 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



ROCKINGHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT AS OF

655 PM...ALL AREAS EXPERIENCING FLOODING WERE BEING HANDLED BY NC

DOT AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES AGENCIES.  THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF

IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS

ANTICIPATED IN THE SHORT TERM.



AT 705 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN

EXTENDING FROM THE THE HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY LINE IN

VIRGINIA...SOUTH THROUGH EDEN...WENTWORTH AND BETHANY TO THE

SOUTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LINE.  THIS AREA CONTINUES TO DRIFT EAST

AT 10 TO 15 MPH...BUT INTENSIFICATION IS UNLIKELY.



ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS A NEAR STATIONARY FRONTAL

BOUNDARY MEANDERS OVER NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA.  A LOW PRESSURE

CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY

OVERNIGHT...PRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS.

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY

OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  LISTEN TO NOAA

WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.  SHOULD A WARNING FOR YOUR AREA BE ISSUED...MOVE TO A

SAFE AREA ON HIGH GROUND.



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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