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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

230 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHATLEY

  SPRINGS...LANSING...CLIFTON...ASHLAND AND JEFFERSON.



ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS THREE AND A HALF INCHES HAVE BEEN 

OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS OVER ASHE COUNTY...AND THE STORMS HAVE 

BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT CAN 

EXPECT TO FLOOD INCLUDE...LITTLE PHOENIX CREEK...WHICH WILL AFFECT 

CAVES MILL ROAD...AS WELL AS THE CREEK THAT FLOWS OVER CLAYBANK ROAD.

FLOODING OF STREETS IN JEFFERSON AND WEST JEFFERSON CAN ALSO BE 

EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3633 8159 3626 8145 3640 8133 3639 8128

      3655 8135 3655 8156 3643 8166



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