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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

200 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR NORTHWESTERN WYTHE 

COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM FOR TAZEWELL COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM FOR SMYTH COUNTY...



AT 145 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS MOVING 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND AREA RAIN GAGES SHOW 

THAT AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 PM SUNDAY 

EVENING. EXPECT HEAVY RAINS TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH AT LEAST 

300 AM.



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR SMYTH COUNTY REPORTED AT 1245 AM...THAT 

EVACUATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE IN SALTVILLE...AS MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN 

FLOODED. BASEMENTS WERE ALSO REPORTED FLOODED IN TOWN.



IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...AT 145 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE TOWN 

OF RICHLANDS...REPORTED SOME ROADS FLOODED...INCLUDING ROUTE 609.



IN WYTHE COUNTY...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 155 AM...REPORTED REED 

CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS IN THE BLACKLICK COMMUNITY...COVERING LOCAL 

DRIVEWAYS. ALSO A FEW CREEKS AROUND RURAL RETREAT LAKE ARE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS. WATER IS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ROUTE 677 IN THIS AREA.

 



FOR YOUR SAFETY...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.





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