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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
448 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN RATES
TODAY...
.A VERY MOIST AIR MASS IS IN PLACE WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND
MAY BE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES ABOVE THREE INCHES PER HOUR. IT
WILL TAKE LESS THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN MOST LOCATIONS FOR
FLOODING TO OCCUR.
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-
WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-MERCER-
SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...
WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...
WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...
BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...
QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
448 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES.
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...FLOYD...GILES...
GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...SMYTH...TAZEWELL
AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...
MONROE AND SUMMERS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* SATURATED GROUND...COMBINED WITH SEVERAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
RAINFALL RATES ABOVE 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES OF STREAMS AND
CREEKS...AS WELL AS IN OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. URBAN
LOCATIONS MAY HAVE FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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