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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

131 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



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ASHE NC-

131 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN ASHE COUNTY...



AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT 

JEFFERSON. 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. 



STREAM AND CREEK BASINS UNDER THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE NEW RIVER AS WELL AS ROAN CREEK. RADAR 

INDICATED THAT THESE BASINS HAVE PICKED UP AROUND 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL SINCE NOON. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE HEADWATERS 

OF THESE BASINS SO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL BE COMING DOWN THESE 

STREAMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND

SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3648 8136 3640 8128 3631 8143 3642 8147

TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 180DEG 0KT 3640 8140



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