Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
656 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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BLAND VA-MERCER WV-
656 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 651 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
  THUNDERSTORMS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
  NORTHERN BLAND COUNTY DURING THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS...AND
  THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH INTO MERCER COUNTY WEST
  VIRGINIA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD
  PRONE AREAS AND SHARP RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS DURING
  THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE
  ROCKY GAP...
  BLUEFIELD...
  PRINCETON...
  CLEAR FORK...
  HICKSVILLE...
  INTERSTATE 77 FROM MILE MARKER 61 TO MILE MARKER 66 IN VIRGINIA...
  INTERSTATE 77 FROM MILE MARKER 0 TO MILE MARKER 20 IN WEST VIRGINIA...


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. 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.

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 3715 8132 3717 8127 3721 8128 3723 8123
      3726 8126 3755 8104 3743 8086 3738 8088
      3735 8085 3727 8101 3718 8089 3719 8088
      3712 8090 3711 8093 3707 8091 3706 8094

$$

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