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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

630 PM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE COUNTYWIDE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR TAZEWELL...WYTHE...AND SMYTH HAVE 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.   HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE 

THE CLINCH RIVER...AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER WHERE 

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS EVENING.



WATER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE THIS EVENING WITH SMALLER 

STREAMS RECEDING FIRST.  THE LARGER RIVERS WILL GRADUALLY RETURN 

WITHIN THEIR BANKS DURING THE OVERNIGHT.  



UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES...PLEASE DO NOT CROSS POLICE BARRICADES.  

THESE BARRICADES ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY.

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