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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME 

MINOR FLOODING AND STREET FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF 

SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING MAY HAVE 

RESULTED IN WASHOUTS OF COUNTY AND RURAL ROADS. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN ERODED.



PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE ROAD BED HAS 

BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO HIGH WATER OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS 

WHERE STANDING WATER IS STILL PRESENT. 



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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