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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

940 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY UNTIL

1045 PM EDT...



  NORTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL 3 MILES NORTH OF HILLSVILLE...THE SHOWERS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY.



THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG BIG REED ISLAND 

CREEK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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