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WGUS71 KRNK 170944

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WVZ042-171130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

546 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...MERCER...HAS EXPIRED AS OF 545 AM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS 

STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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JH

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