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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

504 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR



  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE

FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 

RECEDING...SOME LOW WATER BRIDGES STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. 

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY 

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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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JDS

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