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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

756 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND 

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT.... EASTERN CRAIG AND 

SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT...



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES TO  

EASTERN CRAIG AND SOUTHWEST BOTETOURT COUNTIES EARLIER THIS EVENING 

HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS 

EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...THE BOTETOURT COUNTY 

SHERIFF REPORTS HIGH WATER IN THE CRAWFORD MOUNTAIN AREA...AND 

CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. HIGH 

WATER SHOULD RECEDE BY AROUND 930 PM. 



<<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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JJ

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