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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

936 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001





THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY

MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  GREENBRIER      MERCER          MONROE          SUMMERS



IN VIRGINIA...



  ALLEGHANY       AMHERST         BATH            BLAND

  BOTETOURT       BUENA VISTA CITY                CARROLL

  CLIFTON FORGE CITY              COVINGTON CITY  CRAIG

  FLOYD           GALAX CITY      GILES           GRAYSON

  LEXINGTON CITY  MONTGOMERY      PULASKI         RADFORD CITY

  ROCKBRIDGE      SMYTH           TAZEWELL        WYTHE



IN NORTH CAROLINA...



  ALLEGHANY       ASHE            WATAUGA



AN ORGANIZING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

WATCH AREA...FROM WEST TO EAST...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME 

OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DUMP LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON 

ALREADY SATURATED SOIL...WITH SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.  URBANIZED 

DRAINAGE BASINS...LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG STREAMS WILL BE 

MOST VULNERABLE.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR 

ANY WARNINGS...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS 

THREATEN.  



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