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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

258 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



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

430 AM EDT...



  CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALLL CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY.



ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED 

THROUGH 430 AM. FLASH FLOODING OF THE FOLLOWING CREEKS CAN STILL BE 

ANTICIPATED...BIG REED ISLAND CREEK...SNAKE CREEK...AND STEWARTS 

CREEK.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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