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VAC143-590-042015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

313 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



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

415 PM EDT...



  DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



CITY EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND 

DANVILLE. THE WESTBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 58 IS CLOSED DUE TO 3 FEET 

OF WATER...AROUND APPLE BRANCH. LONG BRANCH WAS ALSO REPORTED OUT OF 

ITS BANKS...AS WAS PUMPKIN CREEK...NEAR THE GROVE PARK COMMUNITY.



RAIN WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF BY 4 PM...BUT THE THREAT OF FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 415 PM. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD. TURN AROUND AND 

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IF A CREEK IS FLOODING YOUR LOCATION...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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