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Flood Warning
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
638 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

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TAZEWELL VA-
638 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS PRODUCING MODERATE
  RAIN MOVING BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN PRODUCING FLOODING ALONG DRY FORK ROAD...ROUTE
  636. ANY ADDED HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN ADDED FLOODING ACROSS
  CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY. THIS REPLACES THE ONGOING FLASH FLOOD
  WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLIFFIELD... AMONATE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

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 3719 8165 3723 8148 3703 8162 3708 8174

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JH
National Weather Service National Headquarters
