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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

656 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



VAC137-177-022345-

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SPOTSYLVANIA VA-ORANGE VA-

656 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR

ORANGE AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES...



AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER STORMS HAS CREATED HIGH WATER IN 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES IN WEST CENTRAL 

SPOTSYLVANIA AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...MINE RUN...TERRYS RUN...

TA RIVER...GLADY RUN...PO RIVER...NORTON PRONG...SHANTY BRIDGE 

CREEK...ROBERTSON RUN AND NORTH ANNA RIVER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY 

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE 

SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 3826 7782 3822 7767 3816 7770 3823 7786



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