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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
400 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
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LEE VA-RUSSELL VA-SCOTT VA-WISE VA-CITY OF NORTON VA-
400 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* 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 357 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3
AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.2 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
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