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WVC055-082145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

453 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



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

545 PM EDT...



  EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS EASTERN MERCER COUNTY...

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN COULD STILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE 

VICINITY OF PETTRY... SPEEDWAY... AND ATHENS WHERE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 130 PM AND 300 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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