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VAC021-100015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

648 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



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

815 PM EDT...



  EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 650 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROUTE 604 

AND ROUTE 608 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND 

MUDSLIDES...BETWEEN BLAND AND MECHANICSBURG...ALONG WALKERS CREEK.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED 

AREA...HOWEVER...RUNOFF CONTINUES TO BRING CREEKS AND STREAMS ABOVE 

THEIR BANKS.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL 

BLAND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 815 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.



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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