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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

703 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



VAC003-540-032345-

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CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE VA-ALBEMARLE VA-

703 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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

ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE...



AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BATESVILLE...CROZET...WHITE HALL...ADVANCE MILLS...HOLLYMEAD...STONY 

POINT...KESWICK...BOYD TAVERN...AND CHARLOTTESVILLE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

PAST SEVERAL HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF 

TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

&&



LAT...LON 3793 7878 3804 7884 3808 7878 3813 7879

      3817 7876 3822 7848 3819 7838 3799 7831

      3796 7835 3791 7876



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