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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

200 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 200 PM...THERE WERE REPORTS OF FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE 

DANVILLE AREA...PROMPTING POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS.  APPLE BRANCH...IN 

ADDITION TO OTHER STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN HAS ENDED OVER 

MOST OF THE DANVILLE AREA...WITH NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED 

THROUGH 400 PM.  EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND 

SMALL STREAMS. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF THE 

CITY OF DANVILLE...ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES.  STREAMS 

THAT FLOW INTO THE SANDY RIVER AND LITTLE SANDY CREEK ARE BEING 

AFFECTED.  FOR YOUR SAFETY...PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THESE STREAMS 

UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.  



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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