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VAC035-090200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

848 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



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

1000 PM EDT...



  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

HAD CAUSED SECTIONS OF WARD GAP ROAD AND BEAR TRAIL ROAD NEAR CANA 

TO BE WASHED OUT.  RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN PARTS 

OF EXTREME SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN THE LOVILLS CREEK BASIN 

THROUGH 10 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.



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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