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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

547 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



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

730 PM EDT...



  NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



AT 546 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA HAD TAPERED OFF TO LIGHTER SHOWERS. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE 

EARLIER HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO FLOOD IN 

THE WILBAR AREA THROUGH 7:30 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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