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WGUS71 KAKQ 092349

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VAC117-100015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

745 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MECKLENBURG HAS 

EXPIRED AS OF 745 PM EDT...



AS OF 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

RAINFALL RATES HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST 30 

MINUTES...REDUCING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. IN THE 

LAST HALF HOUR...ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED IN NELSON AND BUFFALO 

JUNCTION IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.



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.



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REILLY

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