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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OF WARNING 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1030 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND 

INDEPENDENT CITIES...PATRICK...FLOYD...



UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



AT 1009 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN 

WAS ENDING OVER MOST OF PATRICK AND FLOYD COUNTY.  HOWEVER... 

RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS OF BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN 

CONFIRMED ALONG STATE ROUTE 58 BETWEEN MEADOWS OF DAN AND PATRICK 

SPRING IN PATRICK COUNTY...WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES IN 

SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING FOUR 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO RADAR NEAR MEADOWS OF DAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF RESULTING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH 

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

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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