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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

949 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006



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SURRY NC-

949 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY...



AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AT 

TIMES OVER THE WARNED AREA. A SPOTTER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

BETWEEN 530 PM AND 930 PM ALONG HIGHWAY 89 AND THE FISHER 

RIVER...AND THAT THE FISHER RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN THAT 

LOCATION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOTTOM...

WESTFIELD...TOAST...PINE RIDGE...MOUNT AIRY...LOW GAP AND FLAT ROCK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME OF THE MAIN CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT WILL BE 

AFFECTED INCLUDE RAMEY CREEK... FISHER RIVER... LITTLE FISHER 

RIVER... STEWARTS CREEK AND PAULS CREEK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3643 8098 3638 8089 3645 8055 3655 8049

      3656 8089



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