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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1015 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003





THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROANOKE COUNTY AND THE INDEPENDENT 

CITIES OF SALEM AND ROANOKE HAS EXPIRED.  



AT 1015 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW MOVED INTO BEDFORD AND EASTERN BOTEROURT 

COUNTIES.  SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN ROANOKE 

COUNTY...STREAMS SHOULD BE RECEDING.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS 

THE SOUTHERN PART OF ROANOKE COUNTY BETWEEN 8:00 AND 9:30 AM.  THIS 

HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTED IN FLOODING NEAR BUCK MOUNTAIN AND NEAR 

STARKEY IN SOUTHERN ROANOKE COUNTY. 



STREAM LEVELS ACROSS ROANOKE COUNTY WILL REMAIN HIGH INTO EARLY 

AFTERNOON.  FOR YOUR SAFETY...PLEASE AVOID AREAS OF HIGH 

WATER...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...SWIFT WATER CAN SWEEP 

YOU TO YOUR DEATH.



IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY FLOODING THIS MORNING...PLEASE 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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