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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

746 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR MONTGOMERY AND 

TAZEWELL COUNTIES...



AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED RAIN HAD ENDED 

OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY...AND WAS TAPERING OFF OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY.  

THEREFORE...THE WARNINGS FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT. 



WHILE RUNOFF HAS EITHER ENDED OR IS DECREASING RAPIDLY IN THESE TWO 

COUNTIES...STANDING WATER IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS MAY 

PERSIST WELL INTO THIS EVENING.



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.



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