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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
721 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
VAZ007-010-WVZ042-131245-
BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA-MERCER WV-
721 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT
* AT 715 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING EAST INTO TAZEWELL
AND MERCER COUNTIES AT ABOUT 40 MPH.
* HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL FROM LAST
EVENING IN THESE AREAS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY GAP...
PRINCETON...
BLUEFIELD...
BURKES GARDEN...
AND TAZEWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER ROADWAYS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 8187 3720 8176 3724 8174 3720 8168
3721 8155 3726 8150 3728 8141 3742 8131
3742 8128 3746 8131 3752 8121 3758 8119
3760 8111 3755 8104 3734 8087 3727 8101
3725 8098 3714 8111 3697 8178 3715 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 262DEG 33KT 3722 8170
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