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VAC019-023-515-161545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1056 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003





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

INDEPENDENT CITIES...BOTETOURT...BEDFORD...AND BEDFORD CITY...



UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.



AT 1056 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR DALEVILLE IN BOTETOURT 

COUNTY...ALONG ROUTE 460 THROUGH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY...TO JUST 

SOUTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN 

FLOODING IN BONSACK AND HARDY...AND ALONG ROUTE 757 NEAR 

STEWARTSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  FOR YOUR SAFETY...PLEASE AVOID STREAMS 

AND CREEKS...FAST MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP YOU TO YOUR DEATH.



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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