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WVC055-161430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1027 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR



  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



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.



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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