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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

800 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA 

UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY WEST 

VIRGINIA UNTIL 9:00 PM EDT.





AT 8:00 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN 

PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA.   RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4.0 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA...ALONG BACK 

AND NECK CREEKS.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THESE STREAMS AND 

THEIR TRIBUTARIES...WHICH MAY EFFECT PARTS OF NECK CREEK 

ROAD...HIGHLAND ROAD...KENT FARM ROAD...AND STATE ROUTE 100.



IN WEST VIRGINIA...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN NORTHERN MONROE 

COUNTY.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

NEARLY 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN WOLFCREEK AND JOHNSON 

CROSSROADS.  FLASH FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING...ALONG 

WOLFCREEK...EFFECTING PARTS OF COUNTY ROAD 10 AND STATE ROUTE 3.  



FOR YOUR SAFETY...BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD AT 

NIGHT...THE WATER DEPTH COULD BE GREATER THAN YOU THINK...AND 

BRIDGES WASHED OUT.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

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