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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
843 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2018
VAZ009-012-015-240115-
GRAYSON-WYTHE-SMYTH-
843 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2018
..AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SMYTH
SOUTHWESTERN WYTHE
AND NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...
UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
AT 840 PM EDT, SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED FROM
TROUTDALE TO CHILHOWIE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES AN HOUR FROM THESE
SHOWERS WILL LEAD TO PONDING ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION...
CHILHOWIE...
MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...
SUGAR GROVE...
AND TROUTDALE.
THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE ALERT TO WATER OVERRUNNING DITCHES AND
PONDING ON ROADS. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND
PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3661 8159 3689 8176 3695 8138 3675 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 243DEG 16KT 3675 8148
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