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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

430 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



VAC173-197-171300-

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SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-

430 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR WYTHE

AND SMYTH COUNTIES...



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER PARTS OF SMYTH AND WYTHE COUNTIES SINCE 3:00 AM.  COMBINE THIS 

WITH TUESDAYS RAINFALL...AND PARTS OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED UPWARDS 

OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 9:00 AM THIS MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL LIKELY 

RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



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

RURAL RETREAT...MAX MEADOWS...AND MARION.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DRAINAGES WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



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LAT...LON 3697 8171 3694 8165 3702 8149 3699 8147

      3701 8144 3696 8137 3705 8120 3702 8111

      3707 8091 3689 8073 3685 8081 3682 8102

      3677 8109 3676 8127 3671 8154 3667 8154

      3663 8162 3679 8169 3693 8183



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