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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1229 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 215 AM EDT...



  MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 58...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

CREEKS AND STREAMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 58 CORRIDOR. 

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN HENRY COUNTY 

THROUGH 130 AM...AND BRING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TO BLACKBERRY 

CREEK. 



911 DISPATCH REPORTED ONLY PONDING WATER ON A FEW ROADS AS OF 1220 

AM...IN THE BASSETT AND MARTINSVILLE AREA.



FOR YOUR SAFETY...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. 



PLEASE RELAY ANY 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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