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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

932 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



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

1100 PM EDT...



  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF MERCER COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE EAST 

RIVER VICINITY...BETWEEN OAKVALE AND PRINCETON SINCE 8:00 PM. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF...RUNOFF 

FROM THE EARLIER DOWNPOURS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS THE 

SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 11:00 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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