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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1117 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1:15 AM EDT...



AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER TAZEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

CITY OF TAZEWELL AND TIPTOP AND ALONG THE CLINCH RIVER NORTH OF 

CLIFFIELD.  LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO 

FLOODING.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL 

EXIT THE COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT.  EVEN AS THE RAINFALL RATES TAPER 

DOWN...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLOODING THREAT THROUGH 1:15 

AM.  



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.



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