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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

914 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STOKES COUNTY 

WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN WILL PERSIST THE REST OF THE EVENING...BUT ANY FLOODING ALONG 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE 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.



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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