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VAC037-092245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

638 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR



  SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED...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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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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