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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

657 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007



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ASHE NC-

657 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN ASHE COUNTY...



AT 655 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING 

FLOODING FORM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...BUT THAT THE WATER 

WAS RECEDING. MOST OF THE FLOODING WAS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF 

HIGHWAY 194 SOUTH OF BALDWIN. THE FOLLOWING CREEKS WERE LIKELY STILL 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS...CALL CREEK...MILL CREEK...LAUREL CREEK AND OLD 

FIELDS CREEK. 



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN THE 

AREA SHOULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS SHOULD NOT 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD CONDITIONS. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO 

RECEDE...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 815 PM.



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 3630 8160 3625 8145 3643 8145 3645 8161

      3636 8172



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