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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

655 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST 

CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN WAS ENDING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 

HAD ENDED.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN 

EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



HOWEVER...PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

SPOTS...ALONG WITH WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...WILL 

REMAIN HIGH DUE TO RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN INTO THE MID 

EVENING HOURS.



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING INTO AREAS 

WHERE EARLIER FLASH FLOODING MAY HAVE ERODED OR COMPROMISED ROAD 

BEDS.



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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