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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

535 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON...WISE...CITY OF

NORTON...RUSSELL AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM EDT...



AT 530 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF SCOTT...RUSSELL AND

WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA.  RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED OVER MOST OF

WISE COUNTY.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MINOR TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN 

PARTS OF WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES.  SEVERAL ROADS IN BIG STONE 

GAP...OF SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY...WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDERWATER OR 

COMPLETELY FLOODED.  ALSO...IN THE FORT BLACKMORE AREA OF SCOTT COUNTY

...PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED DUE ON ROUTE 657 DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM STONEY

CREEK.



ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED IN RUSSELL OR WASHINGTON COUNTIES

...SIGNIFICANT RAINS AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND MAY CAUSE

FLASH FLOODING THERE BEFORE DAYBREAK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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