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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

137 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



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SURRY NC-

137 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN AND CENTRAL SURRY COUNTY...



AT 134 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

AROUND PILOT MOUNTAIN WITH CAMPGROUNDS EVACUATED. RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLY 

THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE FLOODING

ALONG TOMS CREEK IN NORTHEAST SURRY COUNTY.



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 3649 8069 3630 8050 3653 8048



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