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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

735 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



...SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...



AT 735 PM EDT A LINE A THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY...AND WILL BE SPREADING EASTWARD INTO 

BLAND...GILES AND MONROE COUNTIES.  SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY FROM THIS RAINFALL. EASTERN SECTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY...FROM TAZEWELL TO BLUEFIELD WILL HAVE SEVERAL CREEKS 

WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  THERE WILL BE RENEWED FLOODING IN BLAND 

AND GILES COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND IN SOUTHERN MONROE 

COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.



LARGER RIVERS...SUCH AS THE BLUESTONE IN TAZEWELL...AND WOLF CREEK 

IN BLAND AND GILES...WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS LATER THIS 

EVENING. 



<<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.



JJ

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