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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

952 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 11:30 PM FOR SMYTH AND TAZEWELL...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 11:15 PM FOR WYTHE...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN

   VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHWEST NORTH

   CAROLINA...



RUNOFF FROM TODAYS RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RESULT IN BOTH SMALL STREAM

AND RIVER FLOODING.  THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SUNDAY EVENING

WAS TAKING PLACE WEST OF WYTHEVILLE VIRGINIA...WITH NUMEROUS STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WAS TAKING PLACE ALONG

THE HOLSTEN RIVER...WITH WATER SURROUNDING SOME HOMES IN

SALTVILLE VIRGINIA.



SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS ARE NEAR SATURATION FOR MUCH OF WEST

VIRGINIA...WESTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. FOR

THIS REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  ANY ADDITIONAL

SHORT-DURATION INTENSE RAINFALL...POSES A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...YOU SHOULD STILL BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY

OF WATER COVERED ROADS. DO NOT CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. FIND AN

ALTERNATE ROUTE INSTEAD.



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