ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 245 PM EST THURSDAY.
* 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE
  TUESDAY MORNING.
* MANY TRIBUTARIES AND STREAMS THAT FLOW INTO THE DAN AND ROANOKE
  RIVERS WILL FLOOD. THIS INCLUDES THE BLACKWATER RIVER IN FRANKLIN
  COUNTY...THE PIGG RIVER IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...GOOSE CREEK AND
  THE BIG OTTER RIVER IN BEDFORD AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES...FALLING
  RIVER IN CAMPBELL COUNTY...THE SMITH RIVER IN ROCKINGHAM
  COUNTY...AND THE HYCO RIVER IN HALIFAX COUNTY.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION BY THIS EVENING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3735 7846 3737 7858 3725 7868 3707 7844
      3671 7863 3664 7855 3669 7867 3654 7914
      3623 7917 3625 8045 3655 8043 3660 8063
      3690 8019 3704 8012 3716 7992 3774 7931
      3779 7909 3754 7887 3776 7863 3769 7824
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AMS

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
 CAROLINA...CASWELL...ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES. IN VIRGINIA...
 AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...BEDFORD...BUCKINGHAM...CAMPBELL...
 CHARLOTTE...FRANKLIN...HALIFAX...HENRY...PATRICK AND
 PITTSYLVANIA.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY OF 1.0 TO 2.0
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* THE PROLONGED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
  DAYS HAS AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
  FLOODING OF MAIN STEM RIVERS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS
  MORNING. SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR FLOODING
  EXPECTED ON THE DAN AND LOWER ROANOKE RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
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...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY.
EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS...THESE WINDS
WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREES...AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH COMBINED
WITH WET SOILS TO DOWN SOME TREES. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AS
THESE GUSTS COULD DOWN LIMBS AND TREES ALONG HIGHWAYS.
$$
RCS