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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1245 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE  

INDEPENDENT CITY OF DANVILLE...



UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FROM DANVILLE EASTWARD ALONG ROUTE 58 TO NEAR RINGGOLD.  RADAR 

ALSO ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN JUST NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE BETWEEN SOAPSTONE AND MOUNT 

HERMAN.  AS A RESULT OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...STREAMS THAT FEED INTO 

THE SANDY RIVER MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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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