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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1030 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CARROLL 

COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1045 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAD PERSISTED BETWEEN DUGSPUR AND 

HILLSVILLE...ALONG BIG REED ISLAND CREEK HAS ENDED. STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 

RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS 

ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



AT 1027 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY INTO GRAYSON COUNTY 

WEST OF GALAX. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...AND 

NOT POSE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING THREAT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS.



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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