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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

747 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003



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

945 PM EDT...



  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES EAST OF RUPERT...OR 

ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSBURG...NEARLY STATIONARY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATED A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THIS AREA 

SINCE ABOUT 5 PM.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG LITTLE CLEAR CREEK... AND FLYNNS CREEK... WEST OF WILLIAMSBURG.



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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