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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

234 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



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

COUNTIES...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MERCER...TAZEWELL AND BLAND...WILL 

EXPIRE AT 3:00 PM EDT...



AT 233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN BLACKSBURG INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE AREA WAS SLOWLY ENDING. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 

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

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

STILL WILL 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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