Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
751 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

VAC167-191-520-201345-
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RUSSELL VA-WASHINGTON VA-CITY OF BRISTOL VA-
751 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRISTOL VA...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEBANON...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ABINGDON...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 748 AM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF
VIRGINIA. DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND SATURATED GROUND...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF LOW LYING
AREAS..ROADWAY FLOODING AND RAPID STREAM RISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8192 3659 8193 3660 8229 3688 8241
      3690 8230 3697 8233 3700 8228 3700 8225
      3702 8221 3698 8211 3708 8185 3696 8178
      3692 8182 3681 8171 3661 8162

$$

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