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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

348 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



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

530 AM EDT...



  WESTERN BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



AT 348 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG HAYS 

CREEK NEAR ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...AND ALONG WALKER CREEK NEAR ROUTE 602

IN NORTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. THE SOUTH RIVER IS ALSO OUT OF ITS

BANKS NEAR CORNWALL. WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THIS MORNING. 



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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