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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

959 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...



  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF 

FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG 

SOME ROADS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MEADOWCREEK ROAD AND FAIRVIEW 

CHURCH ROAD BOTH REMAIN FLOODED AND CLOSED. IN ADDITION...FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED ON FIRETOWER ROAD...MUDPIKE ROAD...AND ROCK ROAD.



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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