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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

443 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008



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HALIFAX VA-

443 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008



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

HALIFAX COUNTY...



AT 430 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF

WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN ADDITION...THE DAN RIVER IS ON THE RISE.  THE DAN RIVER IS 

EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT SOUTH BOSTON...RISING ABOVE BANKFULL THIS 

MORNING...AND CREST AT AROUND 22 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.  FLOOD 

STAGE AT SOUTH BOSTON IS 19 FEET.



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.



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 3669 7866 3667 7870 3654 7874 3655 7921

      3655 7922 3705 7910 3703 7904 3704 7897

      3702 7890 3698 7889 3699 7882 3696 7879

      3699 7875 3702 7875 3695 7873 3693 7875

      3686 7867 3674 7868 3664 7855



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