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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1154 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY EXPIRED AT

11:45 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CLEARED THE

EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.  THE THREAT OF FURTHER FLOODING HAS

ENDED.



AT 11:45 PM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW WEAKENING SHOWER AND

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY.  THE AREA WAS

MOVING TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL

MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS

FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.



STREAMS AND ROADWAYS FLOODED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN EASTERN

SECTIONS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE.  IF YOU ARE

TRAVELING IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...YOU SHOULD STILL BE ALERT TO THE

POSSIBILITY OF WATER COVERED ROADS. DO NOT CROSS A FLOODED ROAD.

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE INSTEAD.



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