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VAC037-092315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

508 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



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

715 PM EDT...



  SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 500 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL BETWEEN REDOAK AND WYLLIESBURG.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 

CLOSE PORTIONS OF ROUTE 92 AND ROUTE 631 IN THE KING CROSS ROADS 

AREA.  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED POWER OUTAGE ACROSS THIS 

AREA.



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.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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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