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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1057 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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ROCKINGHAM NC-CASWELL NC-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-

HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-

1057 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF DANVILLE...THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE... SOUTHWESTERN

PITTSYLVANIA...HENRY...CASWELL AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...



AT 1045 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA 

AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 100 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

REIDSVILLE...EDEN...RIDGEWAY...CAMP SPRINGS...RUFFIN...YANCEYVILLE 

AND THE CITY OF DANVILLE. 



CREEKS WHICH MAY BE FLOODING INCLUDE TROUBLESOME...WOLF ISLAND AND 

HOGANS CREEKS IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...HOGANS AND COUNTRY LINE CREEK 

IN CASWELL COUNTY...APPLE BRANCH...FALLS CREEK AND LONG BRANCH IN 

DANVILLE...AND LEATHERWOOD CREEK IN HENRY COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BLACKSBURG.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



LAT...LON 3625 8000 3654 8003 3655 8004 3662 8004

      3676 8009 3679 8005 3679 8004 3682 8000

      3679 7978 3679 7970 3656 7921 3655 7921

      3653 7915 3624 7917



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