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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

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GREENBRIER WV-
840 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
GREENBRIER COUNTY...

AT 832 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN
WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA....HOWEVER IN THE
LAST THREE HOURS ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED. EXTREME FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL
CONTINUE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANYWHERE THIS EVENING. THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE LANDSLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THESE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND
OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. IF YOU LIVE ON OR NEAR THE BASE OF A STEEP
SLOPE...LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF CRACKING AND CRASHING WHICH MAY
INDICATE ROCKS AND LARGE DEBRIS COMING DOWN THE SLOPE. RUN TO HIGHER
GROUND OR A FLATTER AREA AWAY FROM STEEP SLOPES AND AWAY FROM CREEKS
IF YOU HEAR THIS.


SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALLEGHANY...
LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
RONCEVERTE...
AND RAINELLE.


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 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...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.

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LAT...LON 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3806 7996
      3805 7998 3787 8016 3770 8028 3769 8038
      3772 8040 3769 8046 3773 8066 3787 8080
      3787 8075 3795 8081 3799 8077 3804 8083
      3806 8080 3808 8089 3808 8071 3827 8044

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