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WGUS71 KRNK 132132

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

531 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



VAC185-140130-

/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080814T0130Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TAZEWELL VA-

531 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY...



AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKEN 

AND IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...KEEPING THE FLOOD THREAT 

HIGH. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT 

FOR WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JEWELL       

RIDGE AND AMONATE. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG BIG                 

CREEK...GREASY CREEK AND MIDDLE CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



LAT...LON 3716 8188 3719 8183 3720 8178 3723 8175

      3725 8174 3725 8171 3716 8158 3704 8183

      3709 8188 3714 8191 3715 8190



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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 132132

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

531 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



VAC185-140130-

/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080814T0130Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TAZEWELL VA-

531 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY...



AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKEN 

AND IS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...KEEPING THE FLOOD THREAT 

HIGH. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT 

FOR WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JEWELL       

RIDGE AND AMONATE. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG BIG                 

CREEK...GREASY CREEK AND MIDDLE CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



LAT...LON 3716 8188 3719 8183 3720 8178 3723 8175

      3725 8174 3725 8171 3716 8158 3704 8183

      3709 8188 3714 8191 3715 8190



$$



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