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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1112 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ASHE

COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 1100 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA SHOULD HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO 

RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH 

WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF WATER COVERED ROADS.



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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