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WGUS71 KRNK 260027

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

825 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



NCC009-189-VAC077-260245-

WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-

825 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

GRAYSON...ASHE AND WATAUGA COUNTIES...



AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING...BUT THESE STORMS  

WERE STILL PRODUCING AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

AN INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 930 PM. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING 

WHICH IS ALREADY OCCURRING.



THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH 930 PM WILL EXTEND ACROSS ASHE 

COUNTY...INTO WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY. LOCATIONS SUCH AS GLENDALE 

SPRINGS...WEST JEFFERSON...SHATLEY SPRINGS AND THE MOUNT ROGERS AREA 

MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 930 PM. THIS MAY 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. STREAMS MOST 

LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THREE TOP 

CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...AND NAKED CREEK IN ASHE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BOONE...SUGAR GROVE...NELLA...GRASSY CREEK...VOLNEY...SPRING 

VALLEY...RUGBY...MOUTH OF WILSON...INDEPENDENCE...ELK CREEK AND 

BRIDLE CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3676 8102 3673 8099 3670 8096 3668 8096

      3657 8124 3657 8135 3640 8128 3631 8137

      3614 8156 3623 8186 3634 8171 3657 8163

      3673 8121



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JJ

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000 

WGUS71 KRNK 260027

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

825 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



NCC009-189-VAC077-260245-

WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-

825 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

GRAYSON...ASHE AND WATAUGA COUNTIES...



AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING...BUT THESE STORMS  

WERE STILL PRODUCING AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

AN INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 930 PM. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING 

WHICH IS ALREADY OCCURRING.



THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH 930 PM WILL EXTEND ACROSS ASHE 

COUNTY...INTO WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY. LOCATIONS SUCH AS GLENDALE 

SPRINGS...WEST JEFFERSON...SHATLEY SPRINGS AND THE MOUNT ROGERS AREA 

MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 930 PM. THIS MAY 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. STREAMS MOST 

LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THREE TOP 

CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...AND NAKED CREEK IN ASHE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BOONE...SUGAR GROVE...NELLA...GRASSY CREEK...VOLNEY...SPRING 

VALLEY...RUGBY...MOUTH OF WILSON...INDEPENDENCE...ELK CREEK AND 

BRIDLE CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3676 8102 3673 8099 3670 8096 3668 8096

      3657 8124 3657 8135 3640 8128 3631 8137

      3614 8156 3623 8186 3634 8171 3657 8163

      3673 8121



$$



JJ

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