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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

715 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR MONTGOMERY AND

TAZEWELL COUNTIES...



AT 715 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN

OF BLACKSBURG WERE REPORTED BETWEEN 600 PM AND 615 PM. WATER SHOULD

BEGIN RECEDING SOON.



WEATHER RADAR STILL SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING

PARTS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 745

PM...RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE HIGHWAY

DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN THE TOWN OF

TAZEWELL AT 650 PM.



FOR YOUR SAFETY...NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE

HIGH ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE. IN FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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