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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

809 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013



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PITTSYLVANIA VA-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-

809 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FRIDAY

FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



AT 805 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES FELL ACROSS DANVILLE CITY AND 

ADJACENT AREAS OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS 

DIMINISHED IN THE AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS AS A RESULT OF THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND TOTALLY 

SATURATED GROUND IN THIS AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 

REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING SHORTLY.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

BLAIRS...

DANVILLE CITY...

RINGGOLD...

DANVILLE AIRPORT...

AND WESTOVER HILLS. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS NEARBY COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND. IF

YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND NOW.



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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