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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

439 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MERCER GILES BLAND AND WYTHE COUNTIES

HAVE EXPIRED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCER...GILES AND BLAND COUNTIES THAT

WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 PM HAS EXPIRED. SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED

FLOODED EARLIER IN BLAND COUNTY AND A MUD SLIDE HAS BLOCKED ROUTE 750

NEAR ROUTE 100 IN GILES COUNTY.  MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER

IN MERCER COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY AND STREAMS

AND CREEKS ARE RECEDING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WYTHE COUNTY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL

4:30 PM HAS ALSO EXPIRED AS THE RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR.





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