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Flash Flood — Danville (c), VA

Sep 4, 2003

Heavy thunderstorm rains during the afternoon of the 4th produced flash flooding and damaging winds.Heavy thunderstorm rains caused Apple Branch to flood onto Route 58 in Danville, closing the westbound lane with up to 3 feet of water and caused Sandy Creek to flood and close part of Beavers Mill Road in Danville. An automobile was also submerged in flooding on Riverside Drive in Danville.Thunderstorm winds flipped a tractor trailer and tore the tin roof off of a barn in Blairs.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5337729). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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