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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

930 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



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

COUNTIES...ASHE...HAS EXPIRED AS OF 930 PM EDT...



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

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR 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.



THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AS SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO SPREAD BACK INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.



<<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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