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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

518 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENBRIER 

COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...



AT 518 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGH 

WATER HAD CLOSED ROUTE 12 OUT OF THE TOWN OF ALDERSON IN SOUTHWEST 

GREENBRIER COUNTY. THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS WITH FLOOD PROBLEMS IN 

AND AROUND ALDERSON. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD 

ENDED OVER THE AREA...SO THE HIGH WATER SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE 

DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



<<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.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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JJ

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