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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

712 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



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

815 AM EDT...



  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 710 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY...WITH MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIER RAIN ABOUT TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.



MANY CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS..ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF 

THE HOLSTON RIVER...ARE LIKELY AT OR NEAR BANKFUL...AND ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE RAPID RISES AND FLASH FLOODING.



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.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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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