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VAC019-067-091100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

630 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN 

AND SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AS OF 6:30 AM 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...OR 

DEBRIS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS OR AROUND BARRICADES.



AT 620 AM EDT...FRANKLIN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

ROADS CLOSED NEAR CALLAWAY AND NEAR BURNT CHIMNEY. THE BEDFORD 

COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED CREEKS HAS RECEDED BACK INTO 

THEIR BANKS...BUT ROADS WERE PARTIALLY WASHED OUT NEAR GOODVIEW. 



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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