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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

236 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



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

400 AM EDT...



  WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING BACK INTO THE COUNTY.



ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...THROUGH 400 AM...WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...ROUND 

MEADOW CREEK...BIG IVY CREEK AND ELK CREEK. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL 

ALSO EXIST IN THESE TOWNS...MEADOWS OF DAN...VESTA...AND CLAUDVILLE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS A 

FLOODED ROAD. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



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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