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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

649 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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HALIFAX VA-

649 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY...



AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING 

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL IN 

ADDITION TO THE CURRENT RAIN...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANOTHER 

HALF IN TO AN INCH IN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES...MAY BE ENOUGH TO 

CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

RIDGEWAY...SCOTTSBURG...INGRAM...HALIFAX...SOUTH BOSTON...CRYSTAL 

HILL AND CLOVER



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3686 7914 3685 7872 3655 7882 3655 7921



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