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WGUS71 KLWX 100202

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VAC003-100430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1002 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALBEMARLE COUNTY UNTIL 

   12:30 AM EDT...



AT 9:56 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER KEENE...NEARLY STATIONARY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO FIVE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ALONG THE ALBEMARLE NELSON COUNTY LINE NEAR COVESVILLE. ANOTHER 

INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 12:30 AM EDT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

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

HIGHER GROUND.



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ROSA 

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