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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

704 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TAZEWELL AND WYTHE COUNTIES CONTINUES 

UNTIL 9:00 AM...



AT 7:00 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT ANOTHER 

ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 5:00 AM.

THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING 

AND THEN FINALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD 9:00 AM. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS BLOCKED BY WATER 

ACROSS THE TWO COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY FROM CEDAR SPRINGS TO RURAL 

RETREAT IN WESTERN WYTHE COUNTY...AND ALONG THE CLINCH RIVER AROUND 

RICHLANDS IN TAZEWELL COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION WILL 

CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH MID MORNING.



REMEMBER...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 ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

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JH

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