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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

615 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT

FOR...



EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY...ALSO THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF COVINGTON 

AND CLIFTON FORGE HAS BEEN CANCELED.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 

THE COUNTY REPORTS MUDSLIDES ON VALLEY RIDGE ROAD...AND ALSO ROUTE 

18. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

COVINGTON. HIGH WATER IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE BEGINNING TO 

RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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.



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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