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WGUS71 KRNK 091655

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1244 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



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CITY OF DANVILLE VA-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-

1244 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE CITY OF

DANVILLE... PITTSYLVANIA AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTIES...



SMALL STREAMS ARE RECEDING.  THE FLOODING ALONG FALL CREEK HAS ENDED

AND EVACUATIONS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED THERE. THE SANDY RIVER HAS

ALSO CRESTED AND IS RECEDING.  



THE FOCUS OF CONCERN HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE DAN RIVER.  THERE IS A 

RIVER FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE DAN RIVER.  THE RIVER IS 

RISING RAPIDLY AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST 4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

THIS EVENING.  THE FLOOD STAGE AT DANVILLE IS 17 FEET.  AT 

NOON...THE RIVER WAS REPORTED AT 18.2 FEET.  THE RIVER IS EXPECTED 

TO CREST AROUND 21 FEET THIS EVENING. 





LAT...LON 3709 7911 3655 7922 3656 7968 3662 7979

      3695 7941

TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 180DEG 0KT 3670 7946



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