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VAC067-141-140500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1147 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PATRICK 

AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 1215 

AM EDT...



THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY AND 

SHOULD SLOWLY TAPER OFF OVER MUCH OF PATRICK COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS 

STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 680 IN THE PATRICK 

SPRINGS AREA OF PATRICK COUNTY AROUND 10:30 PM.



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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