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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1231 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
VAC105-167-169-195-720-191000-
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LEE VA-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA-CITY OF NORTON VA-
1231 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITY, CITY OF NORTON, LEE, RUSSELL, SCOTT
AND WISE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1230 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED
AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTON, WISE, JONESVILLE, BIG STONE GAP, PENNINGTON GAP,
COEBURN, APPALACHIA, ST. PAUL, DUNGANNON, ST. CHARLES,
DUFFIELD, JASPER, DRYDEN, PATTONSVILLE, FORT BLACKMORE AND
CASTLEWOOD.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3685 8307 3687 8291 3692 8286 3699 8241
3696 8236 3698 8231 3690 8228 3664 8290
3661 8326 3672 8325 3674 8314 3678 8313
BW
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