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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

442 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.



* AT 430 AM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WILKESBORO RESERVOIR...WILKESBORO...TRAPHILL...RONDA...ROARING

  RIVER...NORTH WILKESBORO...MC GRADY...ELKVILLE...DOCKERY 

  DARBY...CRICKET...BUCK...BENHAM...MULBERRY...MAPLE SPRINGS AND

  FERGUSON.



3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. ELK 

CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...AND MORAVIAN CREEK ARE RISING QUICKLY AND ARE 

EXPECTED TO FLOOD. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3605 8140 3610 8153 3612 8153 3617 8146

      3621 8146 3628 8139 3628 8136 3632 8135

      3637 8092 3605 8088 3605 8099 3602 8107

      3602 8125 3599 8133



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