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VAC019-110245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

855 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



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

1045 PM EDT...



  NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS 

PARTS OF NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...FROM NEAR THE CITY OF 

BEDFORD...NORTHEAST TO THE TOWN OF BIG ISLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 2.5 

TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 10:30 PM...AND THIS WILL AGGRAVATE 

ANY FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

BIG ISLAND AND SEDALIA AREAS...AND ALONG STONY CREEK...NORTH OTTER 

CREEK...AND POSSIBLY THE BIG OTTER RIVER.



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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JJ

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