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NCC193-082330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

636 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR



  NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



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 ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED

TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. 



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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