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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

835 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR EASTERN 

TAZEWELL COUNTY...



AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. THE RAINFALL WAS DRIFTING NORTH AROUND 10 

MPH. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN OVER EASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY SINCE 6:00 PM. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL 

DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OVER THE EASTERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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 3701 8144 3705 8145 3707 8134 3710 8127

      3716 8134 3718 8127 3724 8126 3732 8136

      3732 8138 3728 8141 3725 8149 3720 8155

      3720 8159



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