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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

930 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR



  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 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 

ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER...ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL 

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS EVENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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JH

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