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WGUS71 KLWX 030756

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VAC003-031045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

345 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALBEMARLE COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM

   EDT...



AT 345 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAIN STATIONARY

OVER AN AREA JUST SOUTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

AND THE RAIN WILL LIKELY BE ENDING...HOWEVER THE THREAT FROM RAIN 

THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL CONTINUE.



THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN HIT THE HARDEST IS AROUND CARTERS MOUNTAIN. 

THE HARDWARE RIVER AND BUCK ISLAND CREEK AND ALL SMALLER CREEKS THAT 

FEED INTO THEM FROM THE CARTERS MOUNTAIN AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE 

RAPID RISES.



PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE ACTION AND GET AWAY FROM SMALL 

CREEKS IN THE CARTERS MOUNTAIN AREA. THIS IS THE AREA IN BETWEEN 

CHARLOTTESVILLE AND KEENE. ROUTE 20 RUNS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF 

CARTERS MOUNTAIN.



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