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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

623 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 6:20 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OUT OF APPOMATTOX COUNTY. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS FROM APPOMATTOX TO NARUNA IN CAMPBELL COUNTY RANGED FROM 3 

TO 4 INCHES SINCE 3:00 PM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

BEAVERPOND BRANCH OF THE LITTLE FALLING RIVER AND NEAR SPRING MILLS. 



ALSO...THE CAMPBELL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON 

ROUTE 615 EAST OF RUSTBURG. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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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