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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

703 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



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

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



  CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.



AT 650 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY 

SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS CASWELL COUNTY. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 

62 WAS REPORTED CLOSED BY HIGH WATER IN THE VICINITY OF JERICHO.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE COUNTY INTO THIS 

EVENING.



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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