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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

703 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



  ROANOKE CITY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EAST CENTRAL ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER 

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS SOUTHEAST ROANOKE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



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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