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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

545 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN BUENA VISTA...LEXINGTON

  AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED...



RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AND FLOOD WATERS WERE BEGINNING TO 

RECEDE. AT 5:40 AM THE SOUTH RIVER NORTH OF CORNWALL WAS RECEDING. 

THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING...AS THE RUNOFF FROM 

THE RAIN OVERNIGHT FLOWS INTO THE MAURY RIVER. HAYS CREEK AND OTHER 

AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY GO BACK DOWN 

WITHIN THEIR BANKS THROUGH MID MORNING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELLING ALONG ROUTES 631 EAST OF 

LEXINGTON AND ON ROUTE 608 ALONG THE SOUTH RIVER. 



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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