Weather outlook with showers and thunderstorms likely
The WVVA weather team reports a mostly cloudy day with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will range from around 75 to 82 degrees.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 2004
Page
1
The WVVA weather team reports a mostly cloudy day with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will range from around 75 to 82 degrees.
Local Bluefield Virginia listing notes a Patrol Kollege Mart at College Avenue near Chevron station on College Avenue. The brief item records a roadside commerce address in Bluefield.
A two hour rain storm drenched Bluefield and nearby towns with 2.37 inches, flooding roads and causing extensive property and highway damage. College Avenue surged like a river while Stadium Drive Leatherwood Lane and Bland Street experienced white water flows. A National Weather Service spokesman noted the cell over the area and heavy rainfall in a short span. About 10 manufactured homes in Sisters' Mobile Home Park Brushfork were totally waterlogged.
Major flooding floods downtown Bluefield Virginia as Beaver Pond Creek and Whitney Branch swell. Police Chief Jack Asbury says downtown is hit hard with water rising near South College Avenue and Main Street. Businesses take in water while power is knocked out in parts of eastern Tazewell County. City workers, Bluefield Fire Department, and Public Works crews deploy sandbags to block floodwaters from entering shops.
Former Bramwell residents and Bramwell High School alumni gathered Saturday for the 17th annual Millionaire Homecoming. Attendees traveled from California and nearby areas to reconnect with old friends, with quotes from Jack Allen of the class of 1965 and Patty Gibson highlighting their ongoing ties to Bramwell.
In Buchanan County on U.S. Route 460 two men died in a head-on collision Friday night. Steven Hardin 27 of Big Rock and Steven Salyers 21 of Vansant died at the scene after the 10 40 p m crash. An unidentified driver of a Chevrolet pickup was airlifted to Holston Valley Medical Center.
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