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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

908 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL

1045 AM EST...



  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

  SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



AT 845 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

BLUESTONE RIVER WAS NEARLY OUT OF ITS BANKS IN BRAMWELL...COMING UP 

TO THE BOTTOM OF BRIDGES.  LOWLAND AREAS WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD AS 

WELL.  LOCATIONS ALL ALONG THE BLUE STONE RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO 

FLOOD QUICKLY...FROM BRAMWELL TO SPANISHBURG TO PIPESTEM TO 

ELLISON...AS WELL AS OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS ON SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS.  



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 900 AM IS INDICATING THAT UP TO AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE...SO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

IS LIKELY THROUGH LATE MORNING.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY 

FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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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