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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

759 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND

INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT.... NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL...



AT 7:45 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE 

PRECIPITATION FALLING OVER NORTHEAST TAZEWELL COUNTY.  RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 5:45 AND 

7:45 PM EDT.  



THE TAZEWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS DISPATCHER INDICATED THE NORTHEAST 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY WAS EXPERIENCING MANY AREAS OF HIGH WATER...  

BUT SPECIFIC AREAS AFFECTED WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT 7:40 PM. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROUTES 

644... 657... 758... 655 AND 702 FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. REMEMBER 

THAT AT NIGHT IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND 

FLASH FLOODS.



FLOOD WATERS SHOULD REACH THE POCOHONTAS AREA OF TAZEWELL COUNTY 

BETWEEN 8:00 AND 8:15 PM. 





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.  CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA ... ALONG MUD AND 

LAUREL FORKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.





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