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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1225 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS 

AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  GREENBRIER      MERCER          MONROE          SUMMERS



IN VIRGINIA...



  ALLEGHANY       BATH            BLAND           BOTETOURT

  BUENA VISTA CITY                CARROLL        

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY              COVINGTON CITY  CRAIG

  FLOYD           GALAX CITY      GILES           GRAYSON

  LEXINGTON CITY  MONTGOMERY      PULASKI         RADFORD CITY

  ROANOKE         ROANOKE CITY    ROCKBRIDGE      SALEM CITY

  SMYTH           TAZEWELL        WYTHE



LARGE RAIN AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST WEEK HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED 

IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN 

VIRGINIA...AND IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE 

THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR MAY BE 

ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS 

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU 

LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED 

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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