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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

545 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES...SMYTH...



UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



AT 530 PM EDT...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS 

REPORTED MUD SLIDES IN THE BROADFORD AND NORTH HOLSTON AREAS DUE TO 

THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.  ADDITIONALLY...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL WAS STILL FALLING OVER THE AREA 

WITH ESTIMATES OF OVER TWO INCHES SINCE 4 PM NEAR BROADFORD. THESE 

AMOUNTS WERE CONFIRMED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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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