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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

817 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL 

COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.... ...



AT 815 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN 

TAZEWELL COUNTY. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED BIG BRANCH CREEK OUT OF 

ITS BANKS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA AT 800 PM.  

EXPECT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL ON LAUREL FORK CREEK...MUD FORK 

CREEK...AND WRIGHTS VALLEY CREEK. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON 

THE BLUESTONE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF BLUEFIELD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF UP TO ANOTHER INCH WILL INCREASE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FLASH 

FLOODING.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE 1 8 6 6 2 1 5 4 3 2 4.



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