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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

921 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



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

1045 AM EDT...



  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



AT 915 AM EDT...MERCER COUNTY 911 REPORTED FLOODING IN AND AROUND 

MATOAKA AND SPANISHBURG...AS WELL AS URBAN FLOODING IN PRINCETON. A 

FAMILY WAS BEING EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOME IN LASHMEET. RADAR 

INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF...HOWEVER FLOODING ALONG 

BOTH WIDEMOUTH CREEK AND RICH CREEK...AS WELL AS THE BLUESTONE RIVER 

ALONG HIGHWAY 19...IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.  SOME 

HEAVY RAIN MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE BLUEFIELD AREA BEFORE 10 AM 

HOWEVER.



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.



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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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