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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

548 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEGHANY COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



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

5:45 PM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  THE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ROAD

CLOSURES AND MUD AND ROCK SLIDES...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF

COVINGTON.  HOWEVER THE SHERIFF REPORTED THAT CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO

RECEDE...AND AS RAIN HAS MOVED WELL TO THE EAST...THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



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