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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
510 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013
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SUMMERS WV-
510 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 504 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN WERE PERSISTING ALONG THE SUMMERS/RALEIGH COUNTY
LINE...GENERALLY WEST OF ELLISON AND SOUTH OF JUMPING BRANCH.
RAINFALL IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR HAS AVERAGED FROM 1 TO
1.5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH
AND MOVING TOWARD THIS SAME AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5
INCHES DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS SAME
AREA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING OF ROADS IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL BE SUBJECT TO SHARP RISES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE
HINTON...
JUMPING BRANCH...
ELLISON...
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.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION.
IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ISSUE A FLOOD WARNING OR POSSIBLY EVEN A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3769 8089 3768 8090 3768 8087 3754 8103
3759 8110 3761 8106 3763 8107 3771 8097
RAB
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