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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1238 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 1:00 

PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAZEWELL AND MERCER COUNTIES 

UNTIL 3:00 PM...



AT 1227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY 

SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SLOWLY ENDING OVER 

PARTS OF NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY...BUT PERSISTED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN 

TAZEWELL AND WESTERN BLAND COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM AROUND TAZEWELL EAST TO INTERSTATE 77 IN 

BLAND COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AS 

WELL AS SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG PARTS OF THE BLUESTONE RIVER. THE 

HEAVIER RAINFALL SHOULD FINALLY TAPER OFF OVER MERCER COUNTY AFTER 

1:00 PM...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 

PM.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A 

VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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