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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

602 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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CASWELL NC-

602 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CASWELL COUNTY...



AT 6:57 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND LOCAL OFFICIALS 

ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT. 

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASWELL COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED.  LATER TONIGHT...MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE 

AREA...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.



LAT...LON 3657 7938 3657 7937 3658 7938 3666 7928

      3664 7920 3655 7922 3655 7940



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PITTSYLVANIA VA-

602 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...



AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD AND

DANVILLE AIRPORT



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER AS WELL AS THE 

CONTINUING MODERATE RAIN WILL LIKELY STILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.



&&



LAT...LON 3657 7938 3657 7937 3658 7938 3666 7928

      3664 7920 3655 7922 3655 7940



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