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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

250 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROANOKE CITY UNTIL 4:00 PM EDT...



AT 250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN OVER ROANOKE. CITY EMERGENCY 

MANAGERS REPORTED FLOODED STREETS AND WATER IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. 

THE BRIDGE AT WALNUT STREET ACROSS TINKER CREEK HAS ALSO BEEN 

FLOODED AND THERE IS CLOSED. 



ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND VERY STRONG WINDS 

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES.



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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