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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

905 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA 

UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED.





AT 9:00 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN 

PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA.   RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 4.0 AND 5.0 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA.  4.25 INCHES 

OF RAIN WAS OBSERVED AT THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AIRPORT BETWEEN 6:30 

AND 9:00 PM.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG BACK CREEK AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES.  THIS MAY EFFECT PARTS OF KENT FARM ROAD...BLACK HOLLOW 

ROAD...AND STATE ROUTE 100.  ROADS DOWNSTREAM MAY ALSO BE 

EFFECTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE BACK CREEK ENTERS THE NEW RIVER. 



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

COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 4.0 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 

WOLFCREEK AND JOHNSON CROSSROADS BETWEEN 6:30 AND 8:00 PM.  AS OF 

9:00 PM...WOLFCREEK SHOULD BE RECEDING.



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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