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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

655 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007



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ASHE NC-

655 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN ASHE COUNTY...



AT 651 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE LANSING AND CRESTON AREAS. LAUREL CREEK 

ROAD NEAR CRESTON WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG BIG LAUREL CREEK. 

ALSO...EVACUATIONS OF SOME RESIDENCES WERE BEING CONSIDERED IN THE 

LANSING AREA.



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

LANSING AND GRASSY CREEK



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3639 8166 3633 8152 3643 8140 3657 8139

      3657 8161



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