171  
WGUS74 KMRX 182140  
FFSMRX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
540 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
VAC167-195-190045-  
/O.CON.KMRX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-250719T0045Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
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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