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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1136 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



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...



  SMYTH           TAZEWELL





A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND PASS  

THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE 

AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA 

INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF 

SEEING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF BETTER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY PRODUCE TOTALS OF 2 TO 

4 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH RECENT 

HEAVIER RAINFALL EVENTS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS.



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

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE 

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

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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