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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

923 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



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

11:00 PM EDT...



  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS LINGERING OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY...MAINLY FROM RICHLANDS TO 

BANDY. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL HAD 

DECREASED SINCE 8:30 PM...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODED STREETS AROUND BANDY AND 

WARDELL SHORTLY AFTER 8:00 PM.



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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