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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

611 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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CASWELL NC-

611 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

CASWELL COUNTY...



AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...MORE HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER GUILFORD COUNTY...AND 

THIS MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CASWELL COUNTY. NO FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...BUT RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2.3 TO 3.0 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR...AND SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA THAT MAY FLOOD INCLUDE...STONY 

CREEK...GRAYS BRANCH...COUNTRY LINE CREEK AND BENTON BRANCH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

YANCEYVILLE...SEMORA...LEASBURG...HAMER...BLANCH AND MILTON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST

VIRGINIA.



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LAT...LON 3632 7953 3655 7930 3655 7922 3654 7914

      3625 7916 3624 7945 3624 7953



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