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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

650 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



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WILKES NC-

650 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR

WILKES COUNTY...



AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



IN PARTICULAR...THE SOUTH PRONG OF LEWIS FORK CREEK...YATES 

CREEK...NAKED CREEK AND STONY FORK BETWEEN MAPLE SPRINGS AND THE 

WILKESBORO RESERVOIR ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILKES CO 

ARPT...WILBAR...SUMMIT...ROARING RIVER...MULBERRY...HAYS...HALLS 

MILLS...FAIRPLAINS AND DOCKERY.



RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 530 PM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3600 8134 3603 8139 3605 8140 3606 8144

      3611 8153 3619 8145 3621 8146 3626 8141

      3636 8114 3621 8096



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