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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

102 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009



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BUCKINGHAM VA-

102 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...



AT 1258 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...ESTIMATES SHOW 

THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY SINCE 8 PM.



THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO 

FLOOD...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SCOTTSVILLE AND CENTENARY...EAST TO NEW 

CANTON. THIS INCLUDES...LITTLE GEORGIA CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 3759 7828 3749 7837 3764 7849 3776 7857

      3773 7836 3769 7824



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