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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

645 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TAZEWELL COUNTY

HAS EXPIRED AS OF 645 PM EDT...



THE PERSISTANT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE MID EVENING...BUT 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED FLOODING IN SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF THE TOWN OF TAZEWELL WHERE A NUMBER OF ROADS WERE 

EARLIER CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE.  IN ADDITION...ROADS WERE ALSO CLOSED 

AND IMPASSABLE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY. 



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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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