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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

625 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM EDT.



AT 613 AM EDT...THE CARTER COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED THAT 3 MILES 

SOUTH OF GRAYSON...ROUTE 1 HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...AS WATER OR 

DEBRIS MAY STILL BE ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS OR ROADWAYS COULD BE WASHED 

OUT.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



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