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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

952 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL 

COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 1000 PM EDT...



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. 



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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