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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

230 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



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WILKES NC-

230 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY...



AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY 

RAIN TAPERING OFF ACROSS SOUTHWEST WILKES COUNTY.  

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM THE 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN SO 

FAR MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

CRICKET...MORAVIAN FALLS...MAPLE SPRINGS...FAIRPLAINS...AND WILKES 

CO ARPT. CREEKS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE STONY FORK AND BEAVER 

CREEK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON 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.



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 3602 8137 3605 8140 3609 8149 3623 8143

      3622 8105 3603 8106 3601 8119 3602 8119

      3602 8125 3600 8129 3599 8132



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