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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

159 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013



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PITTSYLVANIA VA-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-

159 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



AT 156 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DANVILLE CITY AS WELL AS 

ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES DURING THE 

PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS HAS BEEN COMMON IN THIS AREA. THE GROUND IN 

THIS REGION IS TOTALLY SATURATED FROM PERSISTENT RECENT HEAVY 

RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN PARTS OF DANVILLE 

CITY AND ADJACENT AREAS. 

 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BLAIRS... 

DANVILLE CITY...

RINGGOLD...

DANVILLE AIRPORT...

AND WESTOVER HILLS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 3 AM EDT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CITY 

AND SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ON ROADWAYS AND

UNDERPASSES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND

DON'T DROWN! STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND NOW.



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

FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND

QUICKLY.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

RISING.



WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...

INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS

AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.



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LAT...LON 3666 7956 3677 7916 3673 7917 3670 7918

      3667 7918 3667 7919 3665 7919 3654 7922

      3654 7955



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