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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

633 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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TAZEWELL VA-MERCER WV-

633 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN MERCER AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES...



AT 615 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

FLOWING OVER FRONT STREET IN RICHLANDS AND BEGINNING TO IMPACT 

BUSINESSES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMONATE...

PINNACLE ROCK STATE PARK...SANDLICK...MATOAKA...COALDALE...CERES...

BRAMWELL...BLUEFIELD...MONTCALM...MERCER COUNTY AIRPORT...TIPTOP...

POCAHONTAS AND BOISSEVAIN



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. THE BLUE STONE 

RIVER BASIN HAS EXPERIENCE PARTICULARLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 

HOUR OR TWO...AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 460 AND 

ROUTE 19 WHERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3721 8167 3721 8154 3726 8149 3728 8142

      3740 8133 3746 8122 3731 8108 3727 8113

      3722 8127 3718 8127 3715 8133 3713 8131

      3705 8142 3695 8169 3697 8170 3696 8178

      3710 8188



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