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VAC009-110330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1015 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



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

1130 PM EDT...



  WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER WESTERN 

AMHERST COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A 

QUARTER INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 800 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1115 PM.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN WESTERN AMHERST 

COUNTY...AND ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...OTTER CREEK...BUCKS BRANCH 

AND WILDERNESS CREEK. SOME TOWNS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED 

INCLUDE...PEDLAR MILLS...NAOLA...AND AGRICOLA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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