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VAZ011-WVZ044-272315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

635 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM FOR

   MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND GILES COUNTY VIRGINIA...



THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING TO MONROE AND GILES

COUNTIES HAS TAPERED OFF...HOWEVER FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE ONGOING IN

THE WARNING AREAS.



IN MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF STATE ROUTES 219 AND

12...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROUTE 24 HAD WATER FLOWING OVER THEM.



IN GILES COUNTY VIRGINIA...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THE TUNNEL

ON LURICH ROAD WAS CLOSED...GREY SULFUR ROAD WAS WASHED OUT IN THE

CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE ROAD...FLOODING CONTINUED IN RICH CREEK

AND ON PORTIONS OF US 460 WESTBOUND.





MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER

FLOODED ROADS AND YOU CANNOT BE SURE HOW DEEP THE WATER MAY

BE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  REMEMBER...MOST DEATHS IN FLASH

FLOODS INVOLVE PEOPLE IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS.



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