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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

442 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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CASWELL NC-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-HALIFAX VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-

442 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF DANVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHWESTERN HALIFAX

AND CASWELL COUNTIES...



AT 432 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE RINGGOLD AND KENTUCK AREA...CLOSING HILLSIDE 

ROAD.



SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH LATE 

AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH OF RAIN 

POSSIBLE.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SEMORA...PROVIDENCE...TURBEVILLE...RINGGOLD...KEELING...DANVILLE 

CITY...AND MILTON.



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. IF YOU LIVE ALONG SANDY CREEK 

AND DOUBLE CREEK IN SOUTHEAST PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY INTO HALIFAX 

COUNTY...YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. OBEY ROAD CLOSURE 

SIGNS...AND TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3666 7949 3685 7906 3656 7896 3654 7898

      3654 7914 3627 7915 3624 7917 3624 7952



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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 272042

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

442 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



NCC033-VAC083-143-590-280000-

/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0051.000000T0000Z-080828T0000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CASWELL NC-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-HALIFAX VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-

442 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE

CITY OF DANVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHWESTERN HALIFAX

AND CASWELL COUNTIES...



AT 432 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN THE RINGGOLD AND KENTUCK AREA...CLOSING HILLSIDE 

ROAD.



SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH LATE 

AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH OF RAIN 

POSSIBLE.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SEMORA...PROVIDENCE...TURBEVILLE...RINGGOLD...KEELING...DANVILLE 

CITY...AND MILTON.



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. IF YOU LIVE ALONG SANDY CREEK 

AND DOUBLE CREEK IN SOUTHEAST PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY INTO HALIFAX 

COUNTY...YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. OBEY ROAD CLOSURE 

SIGNS...AND TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 3666 7949 3685 7906 3656 7896 3654 7898

      3654 7914 3627 7915 3624 7917 3624 7952



$$



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