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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

622 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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WATAUGA NC-

622 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR

WATAUGA COUNTY...



AT 613 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT BAMBOO ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOONE 

WAS UNDER WATER. FLOODING CONTINUES ON DEWITT BARNETT ROAD NEAR 

VALLE CRUCIS. OTHER SMALL CREEKS ARE LIKELY FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR 

THE WATAUGA RIVER. 



RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF TO DRIZZLE AND SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN FOR 

NOW...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINSHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP LATER 

THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS.



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 3634 8182 3633 8174 3634 8171 3636 8174

      3639 8174 3634 8164 3627 8156 3624 8149

      3619 8145 3611 8155 3612 8168 3611 8181

      3616 8183 3621 8191 3627 8189 3629 8191



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