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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

546 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002



AT 546 PM EDT DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY.



SOME STREAMS THAT WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN ARE 

FOX CREEK AND MIDDLE FOX CREEK AS THEY FLOW SOUTHWARD INTO THE NEW 

RIVER.  IN ADDITION...GRAVEL ROADS IN THE BACK COUNTRY MAY BE 

FLOODED AND ERODED BY THE VERY HEAVY RAIN.



<<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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