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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

806 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR MERCER

COUNTY...



AT 805 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUING IN BLUEFIELD...BRUSH FORK AND BLUEWELL. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED MERCER COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...THESE STORMS PRODUCED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. 

BLUEFIELD AIRPORT RECEIVED 2.91 INCHES ENDING AT 8 PM. FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ALONG BRUSH FORK CREEK AND SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

MERCER COUNTY. WATER COVERED ROUTE 20 AND STREETS IN BLUEFIELD. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MERCER COUNTY 

THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A HALF 

INCH.   

 

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3742 8129 3728 8130 3737 8094



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