387  
WGUS71 KRNK 161006  
FFSRNK  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
506 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2025  
 
VAC185-161300-  
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250216T1300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
TAZEWELL VA-  
506 AM EST SUN FEB 16 2025  
   
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ENTIRE AREA  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING  
FOR TAZEWELL COUNTY...  
 
AT 506 AM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT  
REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLASH FLOODING. BETWEEN 1.5  
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5  
TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND 8:00 AM. THIS RAINFALL MAY  
RESULT ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  
 
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ENTIRE AREA. THIS IS A  
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. REMAIN ON  
HIGHER GROUND! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW  
WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
RICHLANDS... BLUEFIELD...  
TAZEWELL... CEDAR BLUFF...  
BURKES GARDEN... POCAHONTAS...  
CLIFFIELD...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
CLINCH RIVER, BIG CREEK, BLUE SPRING CREEK, BURKES GARDEN CREEK,  
BEECH FORK AND BLUESTONE RIVER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND  
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE  
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND ROAD CLOSURE  
BARRIERS.  
 
RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN  
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF  
YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN,  
ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM, BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM  
OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER, MOVING EARTH, OR  
ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS  
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3722 8128 3717 8126 3715 8133 3713 8127  
3709 8127 3704 8146 3701 8144 3699 8148  
3701 8147 3693 8168 3698 8171 3696 8178  
3714 8190 3724 8173 3720 8168 3721 8155  
3727 8142 3734 8136 3723 8123  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC  
 
 
 
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