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WGUS74 KMRX 182140
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
540 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
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RUSSELL VA-WISE VA-
540 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL RUSSELL AND EAST CENTRAL WISE COUNTIES...
AT 540 PM EDT, MAJOR FLOODING AND EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING IN
DANTE, VIRGINIA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
THE FOLLOWING STREAMS ARE EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING: LEFT FORK
LIFT CREEK, RIGHT FORK LIFT CREEK, AND LIFT CREEK. MOVE TO HIGH
GROUND.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND VA, COEBURN, ST. PAUL AND CASTLEWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3694 8248 3699 8242 3697 8237 3696 8236
3696 8235 3700 8229 3700 8228 3699 8226
3703 8220 3701 8216 3698 8212 3695 8213
3693 8217 3689 8228 3687 8233 3689 8239
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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