Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
346 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-
346 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL ON THE ORDER
  OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST SMYTH AND
  EXTREME WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMAS
  BRIDGE TO JUST WEST OF WHITETOP. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 0.5
  INCHES CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA AS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ALONG THE SMYTH...GRAYSON/WASHINGTON COUNTY
  LINE.

  MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS DURING THE NEXT
  COUPLE OF HOURS IN THIS REGION WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE
  WHITETOP...
  KONNAROCK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 8159 3658 8153 3659 8167 3660 8166
      3661 8165 3662 8161 3663 8161 3664 8163
      3676 8168

$$

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