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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

307 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 303 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER

  SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. FLOODING OF

  HUNTING CREEK IS LIKELY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILKESBORO

  RESERVOIR...WINDY GAP...WILKESBORO...RONDA...ROARING RIVER...NORTH

  WILKESBORO...MORAVIAN FALLS...MC GRADY...HAYS...HALLS MILLS...

  DOCKERY...CRICKET...CLINGMAN...BUCK...BENHAM...WILKES COUNTY

  AIRPORT...MULBERRY...MILLERS CREEK AND FAIRPLAINS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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LAT...LON 3601 8135 3612 8134 3635 8125 3633 8091

      3613 8087 3605 8088 3605 8100 3601 8108

      3602 8114 3602 8125 3601 8126



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