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Flash Flood Warning
VAC173-185-200015-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
516 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN TAZEWELL AND PARTS OF WESTERN SMYTH
COUNTIES DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...ESPECIALLY FROM JEWELL RIDGE
TO RICHLANDS...AND IN SMYTH COUNTY FROM NEAR SALTVILLE. ADDITIONAL
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST UPSTREAM ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY AND MAY MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.
FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN SMYTH COUNTY
WITH POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHLANDS...
SALTVILLE...
CHILHOWIE...
JEWELL RIDGE...
AND RAVEN.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS NEARBY COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND NOW.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3720 8178 3722 8169 3720 8168 3721 8155
3725 8149 3701 8169 3680 8156 3676 8169
3680 8170 3693 8183 3695 8182 3696 8178
3705 8182 3712 8189 3715 8190
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Special Weather Statement
VAZ007-009-192245-
SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-
532 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLAYPOOL HILL TO BROADFORD TO
RICHLANDS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES WEST OF
BURKES GARDEN TO 7 MILES NORTH OF SALTVILLE TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LEBANON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AT A MINIMUM...THIS WILL RESULT
IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SHARP RISES CAN
BE EXPECTED ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS SAME AREA THROUGH 815 PM EDT.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION...
RICHLANDS...
SALTVILLE...
CHILHOWIE...
AND RAVEN...
INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 35 AND 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 8180 3712 8159 3681 8139 3676 8169
3680 8170 3693 8183 3695 8182 3696 8178
3705 8182 3711 8189 3712 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 328DEG 16KT 3704 8177 3697 8172 3702 8181

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