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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXTRA WORD

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1202 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PATRICK COUNTY EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. 

STREAMS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ALTHOUGH HIGH WATER MAY BE 

ENCOUNTERED IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



AT 1150 PM EDT...A SPOTTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT...REPORTED THAT THE 

LITTLE DAN RIVER AND HOOKER CREEK WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS...BUT BEGINNING TO RECEDE...WITH NO THREAT TO PROPERTY. NO 

MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED AND THE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD RECEDE INTO 

THEIR BANKS BY 130 AM. 



ALSO...THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING THE 

FOLLOWING ROADS OF DEBRIS IN THE CLAUDVILLE AREA...DOBBYNS 

ROAD...LITTLE DAN RIVER ROAD...OLD ORCHARD LOOP...AND HOOKER CREEK 

ROAD. BARRICADES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THESE LOCATIONS. DO NOT CROSS 

THESE BARRICADES...AND TRAVEL ACROSS THE FLOODED ROADS. TURN 

AROUND...OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATERS HAVE RECEDED. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 





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